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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Thank you Nyah for starting this thread.
Look for recommendations.
We have 3 raised beds, get good sun and heat. Each bed is 2ft x 4ft and about 1.5ft deep
We grow tomato plants in two stand alone bug pots.
I've grown Kale, Lettuce, but am looking for other ideas.
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I have 5 large raised beds made from pressure treated lumber. I also have them in a sunny and hot spot. Typically I will grow Swiss chard, carrots and lettuce is the shadier beds. The ones closer to the house get very warm and cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes do well there. Beans and zucchini also do well. Fresh garden cucumbers are awesome.
I have one bed that is a dedicated Asparagus bed, which i started about three years ago, and this is the first time I will harvest from it.
I grew pumpkins last year in one of the beds and it completely took over the garden, but I managed to get 5 basketball sized pumpkins out of it.
This year I will grow peas in the ground garden again, last year with the heat the peas were not that great. I do potatoes in the ground and in some bins.
I have radishes growing in containers right now and were already emerging, not sure if they will come out of this cold spell ok or not.
From about mid june to end of september we rarely buy vegetables from the store and have enough to share with family and our elderly neighbor. The garden area in total is about 40x15 ft, mostly in raised beds.