I usually don't post a lot of pictures at one time, but I was at the Garden of the Sun this morning for a class (Raised Bed Gardening) and decided to take pictures of the different boxed gardens they have. The materials are varied, as are the heights.
This picture shows a flower bed that is raised just a few inches. The bricks help to keep the soil in place, so that it looks tidy.
Even dwarf fruit trees are boxed! With trees, the box is prepared and filled with soil, then the tree is planted. These trees have been growing for close to 20 years and are still producing fruit.
This picture shows green beans that are flowering, which will produce a nice crop before it gets too cold.
This picture looks like the box is sitting above the ground. Actually, I believe the box was placed on the soil, but over the years the dirt walkway has been hula-hoed and raked away, until the box is sitting up higher than it used to. It has a structure so that a crop cover cloth can be draped over to protect plants from a late heat or early frost.
This shows the cover cloth protecting growing plants, perhaps from the whiteflies or aphids. It also keeps the soil cool underneath.
This last picture shows pepper plants that are being shaded from the high heat we recently had.
This picture shows a flower bed that is raised just a few inches. The bricks help to keep the soil in place, so that it looks tidy.
Even dwarf fruit trees are boxed! With trees, the box is prepared and filled with soil, then the tree is planted. These trees have been growing for close to 20 years and are still producing fruit.
This picture shows green beans that are flowering, which will produce a nice crop before it gets too cold.
This picture looks like the box is sitting above the ground. Actually, I believe the box was placed on the soil, but over the years the dirt walkway has been hula-hoed and raked away, until the box is sitting up higher than it used to. It has a structure so that a crop cover cloth can be draped over to protect plants from a late heat or early frost.
This shows the cover cloth protecting growing plants, perhaps from the whiteflies or aphids. It also keeps the soil cool underneath.
This last picture shows pepper plants that are being shaded from the high heat we recently had.
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