Garden Update: Ready-Made Vegetable Garden
Chrissy was waiting until the weather got warmer before planting vegetables in the raised plant beds. Since the boys and I built her two more, she now has four boxes...
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Return Of The Raised Plant Beds
The big experiment last summer was growing vegetables in our back yard. The raised plant beds were so successful that Chrissy wanted two more for this year. Which...
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Our 2011 Christmas Letter
The annual family holiday letter was completed and packed into this year’s batch of Christmas cards, but I wanted to post it to the web site in case anyone who...
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Garden Update: Out With The Old…
The garden has been very good to us over the summer, but the season is over now. There were still some tiny tomatoes, but they won’t grow all the way. Chrissy...
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Garden Update: Zucchini Maxed Out
The first vegetable that our raised plant beds produced was a small zucchini. It was only about six inches long, but we didn’t really know how big zucchini were...
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Garden Update: Tomato Factory
We have a tomato factory. Chrissy started out with three tomato plants in the raised plant beds. These have grown over the sides of the plant beds and are producing...
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Garden Update: Middle Of June Success
Chrissy’s vegetable garden is growing fairly well. The tomato plants are getting really big and the zuchini are actually producing already. It’s the...
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Garden Update: Chrissy Plants The Vegetables
It has been a while since we set up the raised plant beds in the back yard, but they have remained empty. We didn’t want to put new plants in the beds just to...
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Installing Raised Plant Beds Is Easier Than Installing A Retaining Wall
I put in a short retaining wall in the front and sides of our house when we first moved in. Just as decoration, not to actually hold anything back. I had to level...
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Building The Raised Plant Beds For Chrissy
Chrissy was looking into buying a raised plant bed on the internet for her upcoming vegetable garden. They were way too expensive, and I knew that I could build one...
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