Comments on: Fertile Fridays: Preparing Our Raised Garden Beds For Growing

By: Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe | Sarah’s Cucina Bella :: Family Food

Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe | Sarah’s Cucina Bella :: Family Food — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:48:46 +0000

[...] about our gardens to come. My friends and family have asked again and again what we plan to grow in our raised garden beds this summer. My answer is still a little vague, but there are some certainties: tomatoes (yes, [...]

By: Freda Gore

Freda Gore — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:54:18 +0000

I Love vegetable gardening, As a girl growing up on the Caribbean Island of Dominica and later Antigua I always had a small spot on my family farm. This summer I am planning to start one with my daughter and we have started collecting wooden grape boxes from our local supermarket, they are just the right size to move around our yard. We are also using plastic buckets from our local bakery as planters,( they come in bright yellow and white color) recycle and save the earth that’s the lesson I am trying to teach her and learn myself. We will be following your garden this summer so keep the tips andd photos coming, I just wanted to say your kids are beautiful and I love your blog. Thanks Freda

By: RecipeGirl

RecipeGirl — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:45:55 +0000

Love this project. We have a sandbox that I cleared of sand last spring & began the same planting venture. Unfortunately, our venture turned out to be disastrous and everything we planted either died or got eaten by mysterious creatures. May your venture be much more successful!!

By: Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:04:11 +0000

Cate, that sounds like a good start. I did a lot of transplanting today and it was actually pretty easy. Hopefully everything will take.

Kalyn, when will the sprinkler system go back in? Oh my! Your growing in past seasons was so amazing — I love seeing the progress. I hope you get planted soon.

Virtual Frolic, can you grow lemons here? I would LOVE an avocado tree … somehow I don’t think that would fly in CT though. Or grow, for that matter.

Tonia, my garden has been on every side of my house, but I am hoping these dedicated boxes with fresh soil will do the trick. And for the first time, I have my entire flower bed planted already … mostly with flowers too. So excited to see everything grow.

I cannot tell you all how tired I am tonight! It was a big day in the garden here.

By: Tonia

Tonia — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:31:00 +0000

You’re off to a great start Sarah. We’ve decide to do our garden in the flowerbeds that line one side of our house. We’re still pretty new at this too, so it’s the perfect spot to help us keep it well under control.

By: Virtual Frolic

Virtual Frolic — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:54:47 +0000

Alas – these are the times I miss having a backyard. I will live vicariously through you You should get a little meyer lemon tree..just sayin

Until then, I guess I’ll work on my windowsill herb garden…It was doing really well..until I forgot to water it for awhile – it doesn’t help that I have to put it behind my curtain so most of the time I completely forget about it..hahha

By: Kalyn

Kalyn — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:48:06 +0000

Looks good. Having your own garden is so much fun! I’m so far behind on my garden this year. My sprinkling system is dug up from the renovations, so I’m wondering when I will get anything planted.

By: Cate O'Malley

Cate O'Malley — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:20:03 +0000

Fantastic start! I’ll definitely tune in to see how your garden is growing for inspiration for our own. So far, we have 5 herbs and vegetables planted in a starter plot so it’s easy to move when we move over the summer. Next up, tomatoes and basil!