A couple of months ago we got rid of a single bed and were left with the problem of the wooden box springs. I first used them to put on new plants with a glass window on top as a cold frame in the garden. I have sense given it a new look and decided to use it for its original purpose.... kind of.... as a "bed" What I decided to do is create a slightly raised bed in my vegetable garden . Here is how I did it.
Step one.... and now I wish I hadn't already taken off the cardboard... remove all the fabric covering.
I had some old fencing and scrap lumber laying around and used them for nailing to the sides.
Here is the spot where it will rest. First I will remove the mulch and flatten bed.
Next I took a bunch of newspapers and cardboard boxes and flattened them out and stuck them under the box.
Then I threw in a bunch of compost and a little garden topsoil, complete with some nice earth worms and hopefully void of cutworm eggs or other nasty beasts. I will continue to fill the bed with top soil, composted material and perhaps a little cow manure and peat. I plan on having my little girl dream come true with a canopy bed in the near future as I will start with some cool weather crops and root veggies and ease on into the summer with squash. I plan to use a row cover to keep out the evil moths who lay eggs for squash vine borer. I will beat them yet.
Dead of winter veggies starting... Lettuce.
Welcome to my blog where I post recent photos of my work and journal about my life as an artist. I live and work in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is from my early life in the mountains that I developed a love of the natural world which now includes vast prairies and endless skies. To contact me about a purchase all in lowercase letters you can write me at margee And then my last name @Gmail. Opening the web version of this blog gives the opportunity to purchase any of my how to books/videos, etc..
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Sunday, February 03, 2013
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