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Do you want to try starting your own seedlings, but don’t want to spend a lot of money on equipment or time setting it up? You can easily make a small grow lamp setup. All it takes is some pieces of equipment that you probably have around the house. What Are Going to Need? Your Read More …
I found out quickly that one of the key things to keeping plants alive when it comes to in-ground planters is making sure the plants get enough water on a regular basis. Especially in a desert climate like Las Vegas. When the first summer came and temperatures reached over 100, it was easier to keep Read More …
Last year I put a couple of large 4 gallon planter pots in the ground for container gardening. The plants in these fairly inexpensive, around $5, nursery pots grew really well. They allowed me to use my normal plant soil mix to more easily control the soil. The results were great! We were eating heirloom Read More …
I live in an older home in Las Vegas did some planting this last Friday. After last year’s crop I have more of a feel for the amount of sun the raised beds and in-ground planters have. This year I’ve: Put in more in-ground planters along the back wall. This area gets a lot of Read More …
This year we’ve been lucky with not getting a freeze until the week of Thanksgiving. The only plants alive from this years planting are the herbs. I did manage to take some pictures before the freeze. The plants that paid off the most this year were the herbs. Garlic Chives Rosemary Note: The sage is Read More …
The temperature in Las Vegas and other parts of the South West have easily been 105 – 115 F these last couple of weeks. Here are some of the things I’ve observed. The leaves on the tomatoes I have in planters that get full sun have been folding inward. These tomatoes are an heirloom variety Read More …
I read that instead of using traditional soil or topsoil for the raised beds it is possible to use something similar to what I believe a green house or nursery would use. The soil is comprised of equal parts of Something to aerate the soil Compost to feed the plants Material to keep the soil Read More …
Putting in an irrigation system to raised bed gardens is not necessary, but I don’t have the time to individually water plants for the four garden areas I’m putting in. Being in a desert, if I missed a day or two I would definitely lose plants when summer comes. Read More …
The raised bed gardens that I built are for square foot gardening method. All this means is I am using the suggested dimension of 4′ x 4′ x 6″ for the size of my beds. When making these beds the only thing that needs to be kept in mind is accessibility to the plants in Read More …
I was inspired by reading Square Foot Gardening. So much so I decided to convert a section of our backyard to raised beds for gardening. Technically, I could have left the grass, but I wanted to keep a balance in our outside water usage. Also, I don’t like cutting grass. Needless to say, I kind Read More …