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[@andrewhammill6148]

Prayers that your dad's surgery goes well with no complications and a quick recovery.

[@hazelbrungard1623]

We have someone in our neighborhood who feeds the squirrels peanuts. Well, guess what? They bury them in our planting containers on our front porch. It took a long time to figure out a hy we were seeing them out there, but when we started to plant the containers, we found them growing.

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

😂

[@godsgreenacreshomestead708]

Do you have an address for the Amish nursery? They're pretty hard to find unless someone tells you! 😁🙏 Texas Deb

[@candacebradley7335]

We have 2-2 1/2 weeks of rain in our forecast right now 🤪 we have raised beds also. In the last 30+ years our garden has became a hodgepodge of raised beds with landscaping fabric under half of them not very pretty but it works. Your garden is beautiful 🤩

[@scrapykat3028]

Hahaha! Our squirrels started planting the pumpkin seeds in the lawn at school. We had 25 seedlings growing! 😂 Lawn mowers took care of that!

[@frenchysandi]

Squirrels are both a nuisance and fun to watch. Yes can be destructive but no worse the my puppy, ( I was planting potatoes and pup was digging them up and running off) 😂.

[@fishinforfun64]

A TIP..... If magnets will stick to your raised beds, you can use tulle or row cover to protect plants from insects or sun. Just make a frame to hold up the tent part and place the fabric on tightly, then hold down the loose ends with the super strong magnets that you can purchase at any big box store. It holds the thin fabric down even against strong winds. NO DRILLING HOLES! 😀😃😄

[@KathyFitz1113]

That’s brilliant!

[@patriciashayes5929]

Nasturtiums would look great cascading off the ends of those planters, and would give you salad fixings all summer. Can't say for sure this is why, but I have had no tomato worms the past couple of years when I've planted nasturtiums and marigolds.

[@randypyatt5649]

I be sending prayers for your dad in his recovery. God bless your family.

[@cherylb5953]

I really appreciate how well you to work together. Especially how you take turns presenting the material., rarely interrupt each other or talk over one another. It seems so natural too. I watched another channel where this wasn’t the case. The disc courtesy was so distracting and disturbing to me that I discontinued watching their channel. You two are great together. Well I’m sure things aren’t perfect all the time, you genuinely seem very happy together. Very inspiring. May the Lord continue to bless you. 🌻

[@SunnyDay-kw1pd]

Yes! For someone like me who is hearing impaired, this aspect is incredibly important. The attention to detail in the way you present information makes your videos such a joy to watch!

[@marking-time-gardens]

Yes!... so much easier to lip read!💕

[@SunnyDay-kw1pd]

Yes, I didn't say that but that is definitely a huge part of it.

[@marking-time-gardens]

​. please... l apologize... didn't realize how that read/sounded... I was meaning easier for me to lip read... blessings on your day 🌻

[@SunnyDay-kw1pd]

@@marking-time-gardens No need to apologize. I didn't take it in a bad way at all. Blessings to you as well!

[@swianecki]

I’m fascinated by those arches. Can’t wait to see them full of delicious beans and tomatoes!

[@barbaraflagg983]

I`m surprised that more food isn`t being grown on trellises. It seems to me that standing up in the garden is more practical to get the work done. Harvesting is the hardest part. That is probably why more people are doing raised beds.

[@franceswatts4001]

I am going to grow courgettes vertically this year, planted in an old wheelbarrow with rust holes in it, placed next to a trellis 😂. Seeds were planted this week indoors as our last frost date is 31st May.

[@YamIa3gypsy]

I grew spoon tomatoes last year. The pack of seeds were a gift from Baker Creek with my seed order. They went crazy and I had a gazillion tiny red ripe and delicious tomatoes. Good luck! Prayers for Dad this Tuesday 🙏

[@vandygreatjobwatchingmahon7420]

I am so amazed how our God provided so many seeds in a pod. He is truly so good.❤

[@kendavis8046]

Here in North Texas, we have had the blessing of LOTS of rain. My small suburban garden is doing very well. After two years of pretty severe drought, the garden and the yard are loving the moisture. Thanks, y'all!

[@susanoswalt1169]

Garden is going to look amazing.prayers for your Dad and the surgeons and medical team . prayers for a speedy recovery.❤🙏

[@cindyfarmer6809]

I can't wait to see everything growing! It will be Beautiful!

[@ritad.franklin6372]

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY LOVE THE KENTUCKEY WONDER POLE BEANS, ASPARAGUS, AND STRAWBERRIES. LOVE YOUR CHOICES.

[@denisekeeth4595]

Prayers for your father. The garden is looking great, can't wait to watch it grow.

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Thanks so much

[@MichiganMike]

Fence Post are a gardeners best friend . He says plant a post grow a flower, God Bless

[@nancyscott-smith636]

If you haven't tried them sun sugar are awesome bite-size tomatoes. My little grandsons strip my Vines every time they come over. And the peanuts just brought back a good memory. One year I had a mystery plant in one of my raised beds and I let it grow and at the end of the summer I just pulled it out to throw it away assuming it was a weed and lo and behold I had peanuts in the ground. A blessing plant from my squirrels😊

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

Thank you for my 117-63-66 BP this morning! In my eighth decade, it's such a pleasure to tell my Dr. "Nope, not taking BP meds." Couple of things. My minds eye sees "Calendar Picture" garden this year. Next level beautiful. Can't wait! Also, with 25 year preservation from freeze drying, please share your long term menus you have planned. For instance, this year you have dill. That's about 5 years worth per plant. Oregano next year? You're inventory of preserves must dictate some of next seasons needs. With fruit jars one, you can see what you're running low on and two, they don't last 25 years. It strikes me you've changed that game quite a bit. I'm interested in your new logistics. Thanks again, y'all are a blessing.

[@Sunshinemoon17]

I wish I could afford those beds they sure look nice and clean. Beautiful 😍

[@ricsgarden7394]

I am about to buy some sheet metal. 12ft long. Each one cost $39 If you split it long ways it should make one 8ft by 4 ft bed, 1 ft tall. I suspect thats 25% of the cost of these maybe 15%. Yes Im cheap and there will be some edges you have to watch out for but If you are frugal I think the sheet metal is the way to go. Im getting the kind that is flat with only 4 Vs per sheet. Not the corrigated.

[@creativerita]

I live in central Mississippi and I’m 5 ft tall. I love Clemson spineless okra too so I learned two years ago to top the stalk early on and it makes it bush out. That way it doesn’t get so tall. God Bless

[@user-fc8zy5sx4i]

Watching you work & solve problems of practical design makes you the perfect couple & our favorite youtube channel. You really look so healthy as well on your new lifestyle. Our prayers for next Tuesday & a full recovery for your father, God Bless.

[@jamesmanley9521]

I was impressed how well you two work together and how nice the result was blessings

[@susiemeade6404]

I noticed that too!

[@choirmom78]

Thanks for taking us along as you planted your raised beds. May the Lord bless every seed and plant and give an abundant harvest.

[@collinsddc1206]

🌺Good morning! Watching you put those arches in and watching Gods beautiful clouds move right along, so beautiful, good job you 2,

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

It was a beautiful day! We were so blessed.

[@lindasuerussell4398]

Can't wait to see how beautiful your plants are going to look on your new trellises.

[@julienasett499]

Yes. Praying for your dad's surgery to go well and good recovery. God bless you guys.

[@veramcglaughn5663]

I am so glad to see yall working together, as I think a couple should. But I have seen other homestead couples where only the man is struggling to do the work by himself. When if you just work together, it helps make the work easier on the other person and makes the job go faster.

[@elizabethgreen5991]

Praying for your dad that surgery will go well 🙏🙏

[@milosterwheeler2520]

Sure makes a neat, tidy garden. I can't wait to see everything coming up. There is something so satisfying about planting seeds and watching them grow into large, vigorous plants with fruit.

[@loramcclamrock5549]

praying for your dads surgery. just had my ablation today laser pvi seems to have been successful, but fortunately didn't need open heart. my husband a had open heart quad bypass with valve replacement . highly successful! lots and lots of prayer! will put him on prayer chains and pray the ROSARY! love your channel Congratulations to your daughter

[@mardybill]

The 3rd squash you planted, white ones, we called them button squash. My husband, Bill, grandparents and parents used to grow the button squash. My husband loved them. My mother-in-law lightly floured them then fried them until crisp and served with some salt. This was back in 1950, 1960, and 1970. Good Luck. Love your videos…….

[@julienasett499]

Thanks for bringing us along as you plant your raised beds. Looking forward to seeing the harvest. Looks great!!

[@kimberlywalders6063]

Wow in the beginning of your video where Sarah in standing in the arches is so beautiful. The sky is perfect and your garden around her is amazing. So happy your garden is up and ready for this year. Can’t wait to watch it come to life. Wishing you the best for your Fathers surgery! And so glad to hear your there for your Parents! What a Blessing! God Bless and Best to all! I’ll keep you in my Prayers the up coming weeks! God Bless !🌞🌈🙏🌺🍀🌻

[@RobertJones-ey9qz]

Years ago, my parents planted Kentucky Wonder beans in part of the corn field. They got so loaded with beans they were starting to bend the corn stalks over. If I remember right, they picked seven bushels of beans that year. That made for a lot of canning. I don't think they ever raised them again.

[@schammond8993]

We have our tomatoes in wicking tubs. So we built a trellis out of cattle panels. Then we bought a 40% shade cloth from growers solution to drape over it. Saved my tomatoes from the heat. They thrived. Those trellises are a life saver. You garden is absolutely beautiful.

[@frenchysandi]

Your channel inspired me to do much the same. I now have 4, 2ft by 6ft by 17 inches and 4, 2ft by 8ft by 17 inches plus 2 round beds for herbs. I also have assortment of small raised beds and kitty litter buckets for other plants. Oh and 6 green stalk planters for small greens. I am a senior 74 years young but am looking forward to canning season. I will use surplus to gift family and friends that are such a blessing to me.

[@gelwood99]

We also eat a keto lifestyle and I have to share how we eat summer squash and zucchini, slice them in half, and cut them into 1/2" thick chunks. Cut an onion, we use the sweet onions from Costco, cut them in half, and then in 1/2 chunks. In a pot add a small amount of water (you don't need much since the squash will make more water as they cook down) and add the squash and onion, simmer until tender, (if you have too much water in the pot you can drain it off so the butter and cream make a divinely creamy addition) add a good hunk of butter and a 1/4 cup of heavy cream, salt, and pepper to taste. I grew up eating it this way and it totally fits into a keto lifestyle.

[@liddybird3608]

This garden is just beautiful. So tidy and organized. I can't wait to see it later in the summer when it's full of growing vegetables.

[@ajmajm6170]

I hope your dad is safe through the surgery and has a quick recovery. Praying blessings on him and your whole family!

[@victorenecahill9013]

Boy I wish my garden looked like yours. Mine has (4) 40x4ft beds and 35 crops to grow. Plus a cattle panel greenhouse 12ft long witch I plan to plant with tomatoes and herbs. We'll see how this works and I can get 2 years of food to can and preserve. This is just for me alone. I want to thank you for all the things you have showed me how to do. Blessings to you and all your family and friends.

[@joyarnett6570]

Sending healing prayers for your dad...The garden looks awesome 😊

[@theresaglass1831]

I grew the spoon tomatoes and they are tiny. ( pea size ). They kind of pop in your mouth when you eat them and the taste is really good. I liked tossing a handful into my scrambled eggs. 👍

[@slowbaker]

Plant the peanuts in their shells. Thats how the squirrels do it.

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Never thought of that!

[@destinyandpurpose]

I loved this video so much!! I have raised beds and I crowd mine with companion plants, lol. I want to use every bit of growing area that I can because they are the only space I have to grow a garden. Your raised bed garden is so very beautiful. We have installed a few cattle panels for beans, cucumbers, and sugar baby watermelons. They are great to throw shade cloth on too. I love the idea for cherry tomatoes!!! I have been praying for your family members and both of you. My husband had a quadruple heart bypass in August 2019, he was back to work in October full time, God is a healing God! Thanks for the update on what you have planted so far, looking great and so exciting! God bless you both! ❤

[@williamvoris2707]

Dehydrated okra in veggie soup is a game changer. Promise, once you try it you’ll never go back!

[@dorothycrowder8577]

I'm putting my tomatoes on the trellis this year. Can't wait for them to grow! Hope your Dad does well...I'll be praying for a speedy recovery.

[@halinawiecek2297]

Your garden coming great I love how you put everything together and look awesome.

[@relacionsustentable2319]

Prayers for dad🙏

[@barbbrownlee9188]

Hello Kevin and Sarah! Awesome planting of your vegetable garden in the Vegega raised beds with trellis in several; looks fantastic!💖 Sending prayers across the miles to your Dad, Kevin!💝 Blessings to you and family!🌹 🦋5/5/2024🦋

[@sheryldougherty282]

You can see the joy in your body and voice. I’m going to try 6 planters for a small garden. I am also doing sugar pumpkins I kept the seeds from last year. My pies cost me over 20 dollars for the pumpkins.

[@RustyBobbins]

I’m in so much pain today, and the rain isn’t stopping this week in SE Oklahoma. Had a tornado over our house last week😮. Managed to get 7 tomatoes planted this week in between storms. Your voices are so soothing right now. ❤

[@brichter4669]

You will enjoy growing plants in your raised beds. Last year, I only grew dwarf tomatoes, 6 varieties. One variety was Geranium Kiss. The tomato plant grew about 4 feet tall. There are a lot of tomatoes in a cluster. I found the flavor to be so-so, as were most of the dwarf tomato flavors. The yellow and dark purple tomatoes had the best flavors. The tomatoes have a pointy end, which I didn't like when eating them. I didn't grow them again this year. This year, I am only growing indeterminate tomatoes, 11 varieties, in potato grow bags that are 16" tall by 14" wide. The tomatoes are dark purple, yellow, red and orange and are cherry, grape and small slicers. I'm growing your favorite, Juliet. I'm growing yellow patty pan squash for the 1st time in 7 gallon grow bags, Sunburst variety. Planted 3 seeds, all germinated. Interestingly, 2 plants are producing yellow patty pans, and 1 plant is producing only green patty pans even though they are supposed to be yellow. Must be the hybrid factor. Have harvested 1 squash so far. It was tasty. Is best to harvest the squash when about 4 inches wide. If larger, I've read the flavor isn't as good and they become tougher. I put insect covers with zippers/drawstrings over the squash plants to keep out vine borer moths. Because of the covers, I have to pollinate the female flowers by hand, which is fun and interesting. Seem to be getting more male flowers than female flowers though, and they don't always open at the same time. Prayers for your dad's heart surgery. 🙏🙏🙏 My husband had open heart surgery 2 years ago, aortic valve replacement and one bypass. Recovery took a while but he's doing very well now. It is amazing the medical advances available for heart surgery. God blessed us with a great surgical doctor, and the cardiac ICU team was superb in the hospital. God bless.

[@user-mn6pv4ty9l]

It looks beautiful! Can’t wait to watch it grow. Thank you for taking us with you.Hope all goes well with your dad’s surgery.❤

[@ebonyqueen4931]

Love the garden setup. Can't wait to see everything grow!!!

[@Linda-zi1ds]

Your excitement is contagious! Heading out to do some planting now. Prayers for your family!

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Have fun!

[@carolhamilton5164]

Won't he t-posts going not the actual ground allow an avenue for weeds to come through into the raised beds? ❤🙏

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Worth the risk

[@wordvendor1]

The video was gorgeous with the puffy clouds, blue skies, white beds green grass, and black weed fabric! The gate and fence just looks so neat as a pin. I'll be praying for you all. My mom had open heart surgery, quint bypass, and did very well for many years! 💜

[@judygoodson5855]

I built 8 beds (4x10x2) and even though i still have to cover for frost, i am a month ahead... indeed raised garden is the way in cold climate

[@lindagraff4842]

Those trellises are perfect, and it's going to be beautiful once things start growing.

[@deborahcarrington2933]

Can't wait to plant tomatoes and peppers. Too cold to do that in Ma. Have to wait until the end of May. We still get frost at night.

[@bethsands7665]

Awesome garden beds, team-work, cattle panel arches and clouds !! Yay, you have Dragonflies !! You have a sweet set-up of just about everything that anyone would love to be in the garden and growing !! Exciting for sure. Peace in the garden and healing thoughts for your dad going through heart-surgery.

[@feliciabrasuell1997]

Thanks for sharing. That is AWESOME!!!!! I love your little homesteading channel and enjoy watching you two.....

[@lynsmith2698]

Just love this raised beds, one day I hope to be able to get a couple. I’m 66 now so raised beds are the way to go, plus our growing season is fast and short so they work great for us, I’m so looking forward to watching your garden grow this year. Sending lots of positive thoughts for your dads surgery 💕🌷🇨🇦

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

I really enjoy gardening in raised beds, especially now that I'm old and worn out. I don't have as many as you guys have and mine are the cheapest one can buy, but they work.

[@kevincorbin6273]

For sure not having metal on metal and using t posts is a great decision for longevity, looks awesome

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

Beans on cattle panels, at least for me, will grow to the top and then go horizontal. They won't go down. But you could plant beans on both sides of the arch...💚

[@jushave2say]

I have the Vego brand raised beds that look identical to these. They actually match our home siding perfectly too. I just love them. They make gardening a whole lot easier in my opinion. It looks so much nicer also. I love experimenting every year in them myself. I loved seeing the joy in the both of you planting your garden this year. I know yall will just love these raised beds.

[@nancyfair7484]

Prayed for successful surgery for your dad today.

[@49er616]

wv hillbilly you guys are so neat with every thing you do you have a beautful farm way to go

[@WandaJEaton]

Those spoon tomatoes are intriguing, it will be fun to see them grow. The garden looks great.

[@randypyatt5649]

Awesome Kevin an Sarah looks great.

[@shandysgarden]

****URGENT READ**** I did the same thing with spoon tomatoes! I put two on one side of a panel and they were beasts. I ended up having to hack them back so much just to control the sisters next to each other!! I hope you see this because I'm going to recommend that you only put one spoon tomato in that bed. It gets so crazy that it's actually as wide as the cattle panel and very gangly so when I didn't want to clip more to the trellis and it grew outward and sideways away from the trellis I ended up hacking back those areas as well. I'm in the Cincinnati Ohio area and I planted them in very fertile soil in the beds that I've had the longest. On the other side of the same trellis I had more indeterminate tomatoes. I had Marigolds in the same bed as the spoon tomatoes but on the other side in the second bed where I had the indeterminate tomatoes, I had a much smaller crop because the spoon tomato shaded it out! I also put some nasturtiums in that same bed that didn't do well at all. Because you're going to have the beans facing the Sun and your spoon tomatoes will get a little less sun maybe they won't be such a beast! Oh my gosh and they are the best to throw in any salad without having to cut them and the kids came over from next door and simply adored them!! They taste like you've mixed pineapple juice together with tomato juice almost just like my ground cherries tasted like! And the chickens couldn't get enough!

[@dededammann9108]

We are taking a fee phases but this is the direction we are moving to also. We bought our 3rd and 4th beds from vegega this year. We also put the woven weed fabric underneath

[@imafan26]

Spoon is a sweet currant type tomato. Very prolific 3 tomatoes will fit in a spoon. The trellises look great. I don't grow Kentucky wonder anymore. It is not resistant to rust in my hot humid climate. Provider is a good bush bean that has better disease resistance and Poamoho pole beans which has fewer problems with mildew and is rust resistant. Peanuts grow differently. After they grow the leaves wll grow pegs and the pegs need to go back into the ground because that is where the peanuts will form. If peanuts are kept too long in the ground and it starts to get fungal disease, it should not be eaten.

[@melaniem5971]

You two are a great them! I love to see team work- no one’s thoughts or ideas dominating the other person and each person contributing their research , time and muscles!

[@kathyelseroad3166]

The blue sky and fluffy white clouds behind you both is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your working day. The white squash we call patty pan. If you pick when small and still green you can steam and coat with butter. Oh so good and also good sliced up when they get bigger and fry in tallow with a lite dusting of your keto friendly coating. Attypa

[@ruthhilsdorf3210]

My mother always just called them summer squash. We didn’t garden although we had a couple of fruit trees in the back yard, but she would get them still small & green at the grocery store. She diced & parboiled them in a little water & evaporated milk, then seasoned with butter, salt & a little pepper. So yummy! She said that was the way her mother cooked them when she was little growing up in rural Kansas, my dad said the same thing growing up farming in Indiana.

[@lynettestauffer]

We're so excited for you and your trellis set up!!

[@jackieow]

Raw Spanish peanuts from the store work also, since they are raw and still alive. Soup peas grow in the garden if they are whole peas and not overaged in their packaging. You can always do germination testing in Jan-Feb if you wonder whether any seeds are viable.

[@j.b.6855]

I have had better harvests of indeterminate small tomatoes by not single stemming them. The reason for single stemming is to produce bigger tomatoes. But with cherry and smaller tomatoes you are not growing for size but quantity. Letting them bush out will produce a bigger quantity, but I dont let them get over 5 stems otherwise they become harder to harvest from.

[@nancycolaneri2220]

Praying for you all 🙏. Tornado headed for ava. I hope you have a shelter❤

[@jimrisch8408]

It's interesting that you decided to plant asparagus in raised beds with weed cloth underneath. Asparagus roots go very deep, as far as 15 ft deep. They won't be able to tap minerals that deep by preventing their roots from going any deeper than a foot.

[@sandywoolard4790]

Great video as usual but I have to take a moment and talk about Kevin's t-shirt. it's always fun for me to read yalls shirts. I like them all but Kevin, the "farming is importanter " has to be my Fav so far. Don't know why but the truth and humor in it, really tickled me.

[@heatherj3030]

Now that you are growing in raised beds, rather than in the ground, you might want to try adding some beneficial herbs and dwarf flowers to most of the beds. I find that my raised beds do better when I do that. It attracts the right kinds of insects, and keeps my soil cooler having more foliage covering the soil, but I am in a hot dry climate. Perhaps, it's different in your area. I can't wait to see your garden results. I've learned so much from you both over the last several years. Prayers for your father, and God bless you both!🙏🙏

[@Lauren-hc7dc]

I was happy to see your planting your tomatoes in raised beds with a trellis. I'm doing the same thing. Last year I used tomatoes stakes to hold up my plants. They didn't work well at all. Good luck to us both.

[@cherylbishop7657]

In Texas we called the white one " ghost squash " when I was young. GOD BLESS

[@jeanburgin160]

This looks so good and easy to pick your harvest. The arches are a great feature in your garden area!!! Love it. Good job. Oh that is a great pole bean!!! Put marigolds on each end to help control insects!!! I ordered mine from your alls link last fall and another one this spring for Herbs! Love these and they are so easy to assemble. All the best. Prayers for your father.

[@barbarayasger988]

So. happy to see you and trusting that your dad's surgery goes very well. Great Ideas.

[@d.a.tsun5104]

I don't have a large garden area and besides, I don't have room in the house to store the harvest either and there's only me and my husband (and chickens and rabbits to eat the excess but we cannot consume a lot more that what's coming. Your evolving gardening methods, learned from your past experiences (and mistakes) are my 'manual'. My husband is the main gardener, I'm more of the structural 'co-gardener' (designing and building stuff and doing whatever he instructs me when he's away). I got Vegega boxes earlier this year but we still have the existing wooden planter boxes where he already grows vegetables and herbs, so we'll wait until after the harvest and I want to place weed barrier too so he doesn't waste his time weeding every spring before he can plant in the garden.

[@patricianelson7911]

Heads up on the spoon tomatoes. They struggle to get started, but once they take off, they will grow so tall and have soooo many tiny tomatoes that have such great taste and the skins are not tough at all. I preferred Candyland, until I had these. These are now my favorites and kids love picking them and eating them.

[@Beaguins]

That was a ton of work up-front, but so worth it now! I'm very happy you liked my recommendation for an open-pollinated dwarf okra! I'm pleased with it as well and am growing it again this year. Also, one note about Kentucky Wonder beans. I grew them for the first time last year. They taste great, but their foliage tends to be top-heavy. Mine were a bit bare near the bottom and full of leaves at the top, which made them a real mess on a bean teepee. I think they're meant for growing on corn stalks, where the high foliage gets more light. If they're like mine, they might make quite a hairy, tangled mess over your arches. Good meaty beans, though!

[@nancyscott-smith636]

Looking forward to seeing all those beds full of luscious plants and bountiful food!

[@toniyauger3791]

Love your gardening ideas. Looks AMAZING! Thanks for sharing. Prayers for family.

[@jenthrasher5056]

We went and checked the beds out, I already have several, and love them. Great job yours is massive. It's going to be beautiful. Better cover everything before Cascadia bugs reach you.

[@roxannern9393]

We have 2 tall beds 32" or 34", I don't remember now. In those beds we have asparagus, deep planted roots (12") and strawberries, shallow planted roots (get no deeper than 12"). They are growing so well in the same bed together! The first asparagus to come up are allowed to go to fern and provide some shade from the very hot summer E TN sun for the strawberries, which work well as a ground cover for the soil. I tell you, 2 perennial crops in the same bed, 4'X4' is absolutely amazing. The taller beds were a little more expensive but, absolutely worth it in the long run. 2 beds planted out needing very little attention year after year with almost guaranteed harvests - let's face it, nothing is 100%. We use the other high bed for other root harvests, potatoes, ginger, sun choke, turmeric, etc.) Also, I plant carrots on the edge under the beans, cucumber and tomato trellises. The leaves make a perfect shade garden. We've actually had lettuces and herbs last through most of the summer in those areas as well.

[@lindahauglund382]

I absolutely love this amazing. this is what my dreams are made of. Gods' blessings on all that is going on in your family.

[@maryvanulzen3414]

The garden is beautiful even though it isn't growing yet.

[@Angie29449]

We plant a lot of peanuts. We often plant them IN the shell and they germinate beautifully that way too. We didn’t believe it would work but tried it years ago and it does just fine. Just fyi if anyone is interested.

[@jmacd9552]

I love my raised bed garden. Unfortunately it is only 42 degrees F, where I live in Canada so no planting or transplanting here in the near future.

[@monapotter908]

Prayers for your father . Your garden is going to be beautiful !

[@bennym1956]

Great video. I can understand the appeal of raised beds, my wallet can't justify the costs ! $300-600 per container depending on size and the soil/compost to fill it. I probably would never recoup the costs. I just go to local fruit/veggie stands or grocery store and have a wide variety.

[@kaybusby7507]

Praying for your dads surgery. Garden looks beautiful can't wait to see how it does.