Gardening Thread - Show me your gardens!

Father-in-law wants to build some raised beds, is pressure treated ok to use?

 

I don’t believe so. In my post above yours, that is all cedar.

 

+1

I would stay away from PT stuff. Full of crap that can get into the soil.

 

I used it for my new bed. They took out the chromated copper arsenate in 2003.

https://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infxtra/infptforraisedgardens.html

 

I’m still more comfortable without using PT in my garden beds. I think this is the 4-5th year with these beds, and the cedar is holding up fine.

 

Cedar is a great material for that application.

 

It was cheaper than PT as well when I bought it.

 

If you can get cedar, it's a better option, but PT is safe to use now that they've changed the formula as mentioned.

 

Now you'll just have to buy your veggies from the store if you want them poisoned

 

mmm....waxy

 

Speaking of taters, I can’t wait to have some fresh fried potato tacos.

 

My mason bees are working hard this year

Probably about 1/2 full all the nest boxes already



@scocar

Did you ever get any bees at that nest box I sent you ?

 

Do you clean them out every winter?

 

The top 2 large ones with the removeable trays , yes . The wood blocks , no .

I'm going to try to retire the wood blocks next spring and get some more trays or make some

 

I still dont know if they are around or not I havent made any boxes for them though...

 

These popped up on their own too. Squash?, not sure at the moment. Potatoes chugging along.





I’m going to attempt another Frankenstein potatoes next year. Hopefully this one yields something near the potato. If anything, I wanted to see what would happen.



Celebrity, Better Boy, and Husky Cherry Red to start it off. Would like to try and grow tomatillos this year.

 

Looks like squash to me, but there are lots of different kinds of squash. Did you have some kind of squash planted in there last year?

 

@Gyrkin, it was part of the compost soil that I recently transferred there as the top soil. It must have come from scraps. Too cool.

 

Got most of my stuff in. Green peppers, sweet pepper mix, jalapeños, broccoli, red onions, two types of lettuce, three tomatoes. Need to sow some beans, then I’m done.

 

Got my squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, peas, kohlrabi, and beans in over the weekend. Peppers are next, as soon as they're tall enough to transplant. Probably another week on them and the Tomatoes. The Beets, parsnips, and carrots are a concern this year; the bed that they'll be going into still has the consistency of chocolate pudding because it's been so wet, so I don't know when I'll be able to get those planted.