Raised Garden Beds – Central Florida Family Gardening

Gardening: Problem Solving

What we learned about soil on our first gardening attempt.

We are three weeks in to our gardening adventure and, as expected, we’re running into some problems. Some of the plants aren’t as green as we would like, we have ants, and aphids and I think we may have some nutritional deficiency in our soil despite ordering ‘Organic Planting Soil’. So, we’re taking action andContinue reading “What’s Wrong With My Garden?”

Day 16 Progress

The garden is a daily interest and inspiration for the family. Every morning before school, we head out to check in on our progress and it’s amazing what happens day by day. We finally realized that the kale and spinach did not germinate. For the next planting, I’m going to try to start indoors fromContinue reading “Day 16 Progress”

Pollinator Plants

My first priority after planting the garden plants and seeds focused on surrounding the beds in pollinator plants. We have twelve marigolds inside the beds, however, wanted to be intentional about adding a few more plants. So, this weekend, we took a trip to our local nursery, Lukas Nursery, to select a few plants. AfterContinue reading “Pollinator Plants”

3, 2, 1…Raised Garden Beds

3 weeks, 2 tired DIY-ers and 1 beautiful transformed area. Over the past 3 weeks, we transformed the back side yard using 850 pounds of Tennessee Strip Rubble, 5 yards of organic planting soil, 1/2 yard of leveling sand, 84 square feet of Euro Cobble Stone Carmel Blend and a lot of lumber, into ourContinue reading “3, 2, 1…Raised Garden Beds”