The other day I was on Facebook and noticed that one year ago my garden was already planted and I had a pretty impressive stand of celery, spinach, lettuce, and a few other things. What’s crazy is that as of today I haven’t even started on my raised beds. It wasn’t that long ago we […]
Check Your Cucumber Plants for Anthracnose
I was just out looking at my cucumber plants this morning at my home in central Arkansas after being gone for a few days and found signs of anthracnose on the leaves. This is a pretty nasty disease that is kinda common w/ cucumbers (especially in the mid-south). This disease can really cut yields if […]
My 2022 Raised Bed Garden Design & Layout
One of my big takeaways after using my new raised beds for the first time last season was that everything seemed pretty crowded from mid-season on. This season I’ve carefully planned the layout to make sure that doesn’t happen again when plants really start adding mass and foliage mid-season. Last season I had 4 tomato […]
Mapping & Planning Our Redesigned Raised Bed Gardens for the 2022 Season
Last summer was the first season for our new raised beds here at our residence in Central Arkansas. I’ll be sharing more on the design of these new beds in another post. The purpose for this post is to share my mapping and planning for the 2022 growing season based on what I was able […]