Size, Shape And Filling Raised Beds

COMMENTARY

• The advantage to a raised bed garden is accessibility
• The optimal size of a garden bed is 4 feet height by 8 feet long
• Consider a seated wall raised bed
• Filling a raised bed
  • A base of logs and branches
  • Layer of organic material
  • Maximum of 12 inches of top rich healthy soil

Raised Bed Garden Tips

COMMENTARY

• Discussion of rare fruits and plants that can grow in Arizona (Arizona Rare Fruit Growers)
• Avocado talk
• Starter plants and seeds for new people to raised bed gardens
  • Best to plant starter plants since they have established growth
  • Seeds can be tricky for regulating moisture and might be a weed seed
• A 50-50 mix of starter and seed plants is a good learning process
• Automated watering
  • Water Blanket
  • Grid watering system

RESOURCE

• Queen Creek Botanical Gardens
• Arizona Rare Fruit Growers

Get To Growing

COMMENTARY

• Suggestions what to plant
  • Leafy greens
  • Root veggies
  • Bunch of brassicas (brussels sprout, cauliflower, broccoli…)
• Two types of raised bed gardens to consider
  • Keyhole garden (shaped like a keyhole for easy access)
  • Trampoline garden (gardening under a trampoline)

RESOURCE

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