Organic Las Vegas Desert Garden - Raised Beds - May 24th 2011

[BillyBones139]

Thanks for sharing. I'm considering starting raised bed gardening too (in Vegas).

[ASFx2600]

@BillyBones139 Nice. Will you make some videos of your garden once it's all done?

[GospelTruth37059]

NIce niceeeeeeeeeeeee garden! Congrats, it's my first year planting also and doing a little video blog on it. So far its been alot of fun.

[ASFx2600]

@GospelTruth37059 Thanks! I just watched some of your videos too, and it looks like you've got some nice beans, peas, strawberries, squash, berries, and more growing. Nice job! I've been wanting to grow berries too, but i'm running out of room. I still need to setup some sort of small 4x4 mini green house to make it easier during seed starting time.

[ASFx2600]

@Bublonichronic Thank you. Are you setting up an outdoor garden too? It looks like you're doing great on your indoor grows. Let me know if you need any help with setting up your outdoor garden beds.

[VivaLasVeggies]

Jason your garden looks amazing! I like the google drawing, great idea!

[ASFx2600]

@VivaLasVeggies Thanks! The drawing really helps a lot to plan the garden, and figure out how many seeds I need to start of each plant.

[inthesunshinegirl]

super! - like the bucket idea with the water pipe thing stuck in it...might try that one! :-) you should add a lemon grass in a big deep tub for your garden - tastes great in thai food also :-) - oh and spinach in hanging baskets!! :-) i love your garden wish it was mine :-)

[ASFx2600]

@inthesunshinegirl Lemon grass is a great idea. I do love lemon grass. I built my self-watering rubbermaid containers based on the "global buckets" idea. Check them out on youtube. With the rubbermaid containers, i used the bottom of another container and put it inside, upside down to create a platform. Then i drilled drainage holes in it, along with a circle in the center where i put a container that will sit down inside the water reservoir and wick the water up.

[RylanTy]

Wow, Jason! I enjoyed the tour! I didn't know you also grew a bunch of other things! That is so awesome! Your peppers are getting big and you peppers are super gigantic! I LOVE IT! I wish I got those 50 cent tomatoes last time--I totally missed those! Again, awesome stuff! I'm glad to hear from you again.

[ASFx2600]

@RylanTy Thanks :) I'm sure you'll catch the next plant sale that happens when its time to start planting fall veggies.

[Allen2045]

Gave me some good ideals for next seasons garden beds.

[ASFx2600]

@Allen2045 By "next season" do you mean the cool season, or next summer? Generally the best advice I have is grow lots of what you like to eat most.

[Allen2045]

@ASFx2600 Next summer I plan to add more raised beds. This was my 1st year at gardening I did not want to overwhelm myself with to much growing on. What are some plants I can start in the summer months to be harvested in the Fall? I planted only the things that my husband or myself like to eat. I planted several pepper plants for my neighboor who is letting me use an area that they don't use to plant my pumpkin patch.

[ASFx2600]

@Allen2045 Planting for fall is really nice because you have so many options. You can plant almost anything for a fall harvest if you're in climate similar to mine. If i had more room i'd probably plant more tomatoes and peppers for a fall harvest, along with some pumpkins so I could harvest them in late october for halloween, and thanksgiving. Cooler weather plants like peas, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, most lettuce, parsley, cilantro, onions, garlic, and shallots would all do well.

[SteveHarpster]

Awesome garden jason keep up the good work

[ASFx2600]

@SteveHarpster Thanks! Now that Everything is planted in the beds and growing nicely, i'm already starting to think about what I want to grow during the cool season. Always planning ahead hah :)