Showing posts with label easy gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easy gardening. Show all posts

5/27/2012

4X8 2-Rail Raised Bed Garden Kit Review

4X8 2-Rail Raised Bed Garden Kit
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I am an avid gardner. I have tried 'square foot gardening' It was great, but it just never turned out like in the books. I tried the same theory with the 4x4 raised beds last spring and have have had great harvests of corn and salad greens. There's no significant issue with weeds. It's a lot easier to control pests.
Liked it so much that I have purchased 4 of the 4x8 kits and plan to try tomatoes, cucumbers, and pumpkins next year. I have decided to try and do my entire garden this spring in raised beds. Wish me luck.

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The raised bed gardening trend is blooming all over America. It's the modern way to grow beautiful flowers and raise fresh vegetables. Extend your growing season - use less space, water, fertilizer, and improve soil conditions. You can join this back to nature trend with a contemporary twist, when you order the Orcaboard Lifetime Raised Bed Garden Kit from Durable Plastic Design.

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2/06/2012

Perlite: Professional Grade 18Qt Bag Review

Perlite: Professional Grade 18Qt Bag
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It arrived in 3-4 days. Prices were competetive with going to pick it up myself. Would use this company again.

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Horticultural Grade Perlite to use as an aggregate and as drainage material. Contains one 18-quart bag. Cannot be shipped to California.

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11/26/2011

Hoffman Inc A H 16004 Horticultural Vermiculite Review

Hoffman Inc A H 16004 Horticultural Vermiculite
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This vermiculite is "coarse," the kind you will want if you are practicing the Square Foot Gardening technique as described in Mel Barthalamew's book.

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As a growing medium horticultural vermiculite improves drainage, provides aeration, stores moisture, and prevents compaction, and its safe and easy to use. Includes one 18-Quart Bag.

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10/25/2011

Frame It All Curved Front High Back Indoor/Outdoor Planter, 4 Feet X 2 Feet X 18 Inches Review

Frame It All Curved Front High Back Indoor/Outdoor Planter, 4 Feet X 2 Feet X 18 Inches
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First I'll review the Frame It All system. It really is simple and easy. Best to start with a level surface. My surface was mostly level, but I did have to build up 2 of the corners an inch or so to accommodate a tree root (the reason I went with a raised bed). The plastic boards look nice when installed and feel sturdy. The stakes are easy to put together. I didn't bother to screw the corners to the boards and it didn't seem necessary. If I were using regular wood, I probably would, but for the plastic timbers I don't think it was necessary.
About this set. First, the dimensions are incorrect. According to Frame It All's website, it should be 2x4x3 (the tallest part of the back). However, when the kit arrived, all the pieces were 4 feet long. The instructions say to cut the boards to size. Why? That makes absolutely no sense. If I'm being sold a kit that's a certain dimension for a system whose biggest selling point is ease and convenience, then no cutting should be required. However, the kit does ship with eight 4-foot long pieces (more on that). So I decided to make a simple 4x4x1 bed, which is what I really wanted to begin with. The catch is one piece would be curved, which I put in front on top. The problem is the curved piece is NOT 4 feet long. It is a 4-foot long board that was curved, making it a couple inches shorter. It does work though if one screws it in. However, after doing this I realized that there is a gap between the curved section and the bottom section. I'll be purchasing at a local garden center a regular 4 foot board and replacing the curved board.
After all was said and done, I ended up with a 4x4 raised garden bed, 1 foot high. I will need to purchase one additional 4 foot regular board. I have an extra pair of stakes and anchors, which I will use the next time I want to create a raised bed.
I gave 3 stars because the set isn't as advertised. However the Frame It All system is definitely 5 stars. Simple once all the pieces make sense and fairly quick. The neighborhood kid put it together in about 45 minutes from start to finish, having never seen it before. Go to the Frame It All website and check out the videos.

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Decorate your house or backyard with beautiful flowers and plants you grow yourself. The Frame It All Curved Front Planter Kit assembles easily in minutes and requires little effort to teach your children the joys of gardening. The ecologically friendly composite wood grain timbers never splinter, rot, warp, or lose their color. Made from 60-percent recycled post-consumer plastic and 40-percent wood flour, the timbers weather naturally just like real wood and attach to stacking joints that are hammered into the ground. The planter includes 10 stacking joints, 5 composite straight timbers, 1 composite curved timber, and all necessary hardware. Bring lush “green” to even the smallest space, whether indoors in your kitchen or sunroom or outside on your deck or patio. 48 x 24 x 18 inches. 37 pounds.

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7/16/2011

Eggling Plants (set of 3) Flowers: Petunia, Phlox, Chrysanthemum Review

Eggling Plants (set of 3) Flowers: Petunia, Phlox, Chrysanthemum
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I saw these little egglings & instantly wanted them. And why would I not? They are cute, they come with their own little terra cotta plant holders and grow adorable little flowers or herbs. So I bought myself two - one of basil and another of mint. I cracked the little egg open, dripped in some water and waited. With in a couple of days, I saw tiny little sprouts. I gave them more water. Another couple of days and the sprout was even bigger. More water, more plant. Each plant is was of fine quality and grew quite large. I eventually had to plant them (egg & all) outside as they were getting too big for just the little egg. I was actually quite sad to not have them inside any longer.
These make a great gift for any plant lover especially a little kid. So I suggest you buy 4 or 5 - two or three to give and two or three to keep.

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Crack an egg and hatch a plant with our Eggling Plants! These precious, little Egglings look and feel like extra large eggs, but crack its top and discover a garden ready for sowing! They are hand made in Japan from white ceramic and comes with a terra cotta tray and seed pack of herbs. All plants grow up to five months in the Eggling''s fortified peat mixture, after which the Eggling can be planted directly in soil. Available as flower or herb sets. Sold in sets of 3, with each Eggling individually wrapped. Biodegradable shell and tray.

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