Crossbeams in the Raised Bed
Using my last two of the 2×4s I purchased when I was building it, I installed some beams in the raised bed garden to expand my overhead growing area. Since I only have 7 feet by 7 feet to grow in (1 foot of the 8×8 in each direction is taken up by walkway made necessary by the enclosed nature of the bed), I need to actually maximize the volume in three dimensions that I can grow in.
Crossbeams Installed
As you can see, I’ve already hung baskets of annuals. My great-grandmother taught my mother that planting annuals near your vegetable gardens is necessary to attract pollinating insects so that you get fruit to set.
Hello, Petunia!
The next step, which I started on tonight, is to hang some tomatoes and other plants in upside down planters and see what happens. It’ll take me a few days/weeks to drink enough 2 liter bottles of soda…!
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