This was an incredible thought!
Simply put, I love this idea. It'll especially benefit people who have very limited gardening space. If done properly, it would be the only method that would allow you to utilize 100% of your garden area for plant growth while still using raised beds! I'm kind of excited in this video, but check it out!
THIS IS GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE MY GARDENING EXPERIENCE
THE SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL CONCEPT
Normally, raised beds are made in gardens with a walkway going between the beds. People use concrete blocks, railroad ties, wood, or rocks to make a raised section full of soil into which they plant. This is my first year trying this method, but I'm enjoying it already.
When I wanted to make trellises or archways for my climbing and vining plants to grow on, I just made smaller raised beds and had the plants climb up them. As I continued to build and plant, I noticed something.
Technically, I had room for trellises over my walkways, if I'd only place them in a way that they'd arch from the end of one raised bed into another. By doing this, I'd be able to use all the space in-between the raised beds to grow plants too!
I'm building a new trellis out of bamboo so that I can space the plants better and be able to harvest the raised bed through the trellis, which would be difficult with a cattle panel trellis. I think I'd dedicate an area of my garden next year to trying to use this concept as an example garden that could really help people with limited space! This is so exciting for me! Get going and get growing!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
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Cool initiative to grow and take something new
out of your garden.
I recalled you guys were eating all green the other day.
Keep on postin'
Oh yeah! Eating green and healthy! Thanks man!
Keep on innovating! Trellises over the walkways they'll be beautiful once grown out.
Oh yeah! Thanks!
I love your garden and it's giving me garden envy. We are in the middle of winter here with hard frosts so only the hardiest plants are surviving. I'm looking forward to warmer weather to get back out in my garden and grow lots of variety of plants. We have limited space on our property so I really like your idea of utilising the space. Great post! Thank you.
You just have to wait your turn! LOL - Hopefully some of what I share can help you once you get back out there!
I like this post very much. How to effectively utilize the land in the garden. You are doing very carefully, and full of calculations. The land can be used as a place to propagate plants to get more optimal sunlight. The impact is very good because the adequacy of sunlight will make photosynthesis work well and produce carbohydrates that will be stored in the fruit or vegetables that we will harvest. Use of this technique also makes there is space under it to take shelter, even one day there are friends who can do a selfi photo and upload it in steemit,
wah, really gave another positive value.
The height setting is well thought out for easy pest control and easy harvesting. Even with the height of raise beds children can pick vegetables and this means teaching them good things.
Thank you @ papa-pepper for sharing this post.
Thank you Steemit, you make me meet this brilliant and kind man.
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Wow! Thank you so much for that!
you are wellcome. really you has a brillian idea. you can inspire all my friends in steemit and I am proud to know you. Although far apart the distance across oceans and continents I can get a lot of knowledge from you. Send my warm regard for your family.
howdy @papa-pepper! hey this is an innovative design that could dramatically improve the efficiency of many people's gardens, great job!
Thank you! Still at 49?
lol! just for a little while. 50 will be a nice milestone!
And you're there!
lol! yes sir it's a good milestone and thanks to you I got there a lot faster!
I like the archway design you're sharing here. Trellising is a major consideration and can make or break a garden layout. Way to grow!
Thanks @mountainjewel!
Way to grow! I love it!
Gotta make it tall enough for your Philippine visitors! Looks great!
Gotta make it tall
Enough for your Philippine
Visitors! Looks great!
- mhm-philippines
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Sounds great! Thanks!
Reaching through will be key. If you can get the vines to leaf out mostly on the top of the arch and keep the harvesting windows clear this should work out pretty great!
What if the whole raised bed was inside, and you run the trellis from the outside of a bed to the outside of the other bed? This would be good for shady plants, and you could do the opposite for sunny plants, which would definitely cut down the unused space overall, though maybe not 100%.
Very good,I am proud to see your success work like this.a
good post. I really like your plantation
Hehe, welcome to the club! Raised beds are awesome, and the trellises just add to the fun. We use fence posts to stand most of our trellises upright. We plant corn rows on either side of a trellis. As the corn grows we also plant peas in the bed as a companion plant. They climb up the corn and the peas' root system gives the corn plants a bit of a boost. It's not unusual to see MASSIVE corn in our gardens. Sometimes we end up lashing the corn/peas to the trellises with sisal twine. We've had corn hit 28' tall, with up to 5 ears per plant. (not small ears either, 8" -13" ) Cukes, beans, and some melons love trellises too. We even set our tomatoes up this way as well. I like the hoop system you showed. It works great for beans, peas, cukes, gourds, grapes.... I bet your corn would jump if you planted some peas or beans with it right now. It's not too late
Wow! That corn sounds amazing!... perhaps we could work out a trade for some seeds!
I've got red, green, rainbow, various popcorns, and others too! Those photos look great!
pics are from a garden of ours back in 2009. mid jun and early july. *no chemical fertilizers, just compost / tea
Nice, I like rabbit manure, compost, and fish emulsion myself! Got some experiments going on right now.
Thanks for trying out things and then sharing your results....this gives the rest of us an idea on what may or may not work for us!
I am super interested in this concept since I need to find ways to grow more and more food. Do you think I could use this concept with beds I have made this year? My beds are raised---3 feet off the ground as I have kids and dogs that like to play in the nice dirt! I do use trellis on the side of the patios and I grow fruit up my 30-foot walls. I have a friend who comes to visit and asks how my Jurassic park is growing! LOL
Wow! That sounds amazing!
That's a really cool idea. Did you plan for how the plants covering the trellis might affect the amount of sunlight reaching the plants in the beds? I'd be concerned they would create too much shade.
Also, you have inspired me. I may go out and get some chicken wire so I can create an archway over the walkway leading to my front door.
Yeah, I was thinking about that and talked about it a bit in the video.
That'll teach me to both watch the video and read the post. 😁😀😆
lol!
I like this post very much. How to effectively utilize the land in the garden. You are doing very carefully, and full of calculations. The land can be used as a place to propagate plants to get more optimal sunlight. The impact is very good because the adequacy of sunlight will make photosynthesis work well and produce carbohydrates that will be stored in the fruit or vegetables that we will harvest
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