Healthy Vegetable Garden Beds

I’ve had great luck with everything except one of the types of cucumbers I planted. I’ve never tasted anything like it: very bitter, even when peeled, tastes like its been injected with something bad. What could this be? Also, is there a way to make it eatable?

Hi, there,

Go here for your answer (it is to long to type here):

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/problems/what-causes-bitter-cucumber.htm/print/

Pretty please?

I want to build a raised bed garden, but I am doing it on a shoestring (no actual money, just a nasty old shoestring). I am looking for at least 140 linear feet of material. The wall will be around 10 inches tall, so it should be something that can either be easily cut down with normal tools, or that can be stacked that high somehow. The material shouldn’t leach any toxic whateverz into the soil, as the plants will be vegetables.

Thanks guys!

I use old tanks from an out-of-business seafood store. The drains mean a ready-made drainage system, and I didn’t even bother to clean the insides, since the fish waste makes good fertilizer.

Plus, they’re up on legs, about waist-high, making it easier to work ‘em, especially for my sweetie, who has physical problems and doesn’t bend over so easily.

Eight bucks apiece plus twenty dollars to a fella with a pickup truck to bring them to my house.
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Do I need to add more soil with manure or is the "old" fine? I grow the normal, tomatoes, cukes, green peppers. Thanks.

You can add in some multipurpose compost, topsoil and a compound fertilizer for excellent results with your veggies.

We are building above concrete and
cannot dig trenches and so forth and would prefer pre-constructed/fabricated kits for our raised bed gardens the dimentons of which are:
1 bed @ 8′ x 15′ x 2"
and
3 beds @ 8′ x 15′ x 2"

!!Thank you to you whoever responds!!
correction !! :
1 bed @ 8′ x 15′ x 2′
and
3 beds@ 8′ x 15′ x 1′
sorry and thanks for catching it.
…writing while working on this community garden project

I’m confused, why not just make 4, they’re the same size? I’m not poking fun, I do it all the time. The depth of 2"(inches) should read 2′ (feet) right. 2" of soil isn’t going to grow much, maybe a weed. RScott

The bed is approx 3m wide and 5m long and triangular. I have a Rhododendron in the corner and an Escolonia in the short side and down the long side are a Euphorbia and a Hydrangea! I am now looking for shrubs to fill it with which will be smaller than these when fully grown so that I can taper the heights of the plants down to the Lavandula and some annuals at the front edges! Do you have any suggestions please?

I’m assuming this is for partial shade.
For shrubs maybe some bottle brush and viburnum. Some Hosta would look nice in that arrangement as well. Also, some begonia and impatiens for your annuals.

Hi have built a raised bed in my garden and am now thinking is it deep enough? How deep should it be to grow root veg’s like carrots? Im planning on lining the bottom with cardboard and wet newspapers to suppress the weeds does this sound correct? This is my first attempt of growing veg’s and want to get it right.

Thanks for reading

Hi ive just made some raised beds in my garden ive made them 3ft high by 3ft wide and ive built them onto mud which I have enriched with good compost I have successfully grown peas, and cabbages and a good crop of potatoes this year…. good luck its worth it in the end because nothing tastes better than home grown veg.