My role at Farmers Business Network has given me the opportunity to work with multiple growers in the mid-south that have implemented cover crops into their farming practices and their results have been quite impressive. Since my raised beds were completely new this past season I have several issues to contend with during the off-season […]
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 […]
My Raised Bed Garden Vegetable Seed Variety Selections for the 2022 Growing Season in Zone 7 (Central Arkansas)
The other day I shared the new layout for the new raised bed gardens at our Central Arkansas residence along w/ some bullet points of things that I learned last season in our first season in these new beds. It’s always good to take notes in-season so you don’t forget to review and make changes […]
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 […]
2019 Season Recap: Raised Bed Garden in Conway, Arkansas
I wanted to throw a quick post up to show the progress of our first raised bed garden at our home in Central Arkansas. The photos below show the progression from started seeds to transplanted into the raised beds. It’s important to keep in mind that we learned more in our first year than we […]