Simple Steps to Keep Your Raised Beds Growing from One Season to the Next

Let's transition this bed to plants that will thrive over summer without removing everything.
Want to learn how to set up a garden like this one? Check out our Kitchen Garden Academy at kitchengardenacademy.com
Learn the basics of growing your own vegetables, herbs and fruit in your backyard with Nicole Burke, Owner of Rooted Garden and Gardenary.
Take the Green Thumb Quiz: www.gardenary.com/quiz
Follow Gardenary Here:
Instagram: / gardenaryco
Facebook: / gardenaryco
Garden Coaching: www.gardenary.com/coaches
Find a Garden Coach Business in Your Area: www.gardenary.com/businesses

[@MssWinnie]

Wow I always thought tomato’s go inside the trellis. Always learning form you thanks

[@davidforler8332]

Your soil looks very rich. What type of soil do you use?

[@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023]

Hello. I am in garden zone 7b here in Yorktown, Virginia. I am actually running behind on planting a garden this year. However, our first hard frost typically isn't until around November 7th each year. That means if I planted as late as August 7th, I would theoretically still have 90 days of growing time available. However, we are already in the humid time of the year. Is it still possible to plant any time during the summer season? Thank you.

[@Gardenary]

Hi there, you got tons of planting time! Look for plants that like growing in hot weather for the next couple of months. Check out videos of my summer gardens to see what you can grow

[@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023]

@@Gardenary Thank you for the reply.

[@curious8554]

Hi, is it ok to plant things that close together? Or is it just the way the camera is picking it up?

[@CardinalGardener]

That's an insane amount of things to plant close together 😖 Assuming the soil is nutrient rich enough to support that many plants, you're still going to have to be constantly on top of pruning things, tying things up, and pruning the edible greens very regularly just to keep the size of all that foliage even remotely manageable (it will shade out everything). This kind of density planting will easily limit the total growth potential of each plant as all those roots compete for space and resources, and as things shade each other. Many of those taller growing plants will flop outside of the bed area. Also, transplanting potted plants as rootbound as many of those were, they'll not thrive much anyway, maybe if she teased out the roots a fair bit. Some plants are much more forgiving in this capacity than others.

[@kimwilliams6674]

⁠@@CardinalGardenerShe explains all of this in her book and how it works. She creates kitchen gardens (thus the name of her book) with the expectation that it is used and harvested/eaten from daily. Therefore, it does not get overgrown. She always teaches how to replenish the soil and nutrients between her multiple sowings over the seasons - the plants get harvested and removed and then another goes in its place for that season. She’s built an extremely successful business doing exactly that.