Garden box replacement and strawberry beds

[2knots]

Old boxes were coming apart so decided to replace them and also add pavers to the area for them to sit on and provide easy clean access, involved some grass removal. Irrigation was rerouted to come up in each box. This has resulted in a phase 2 as the wife now wants them all the way up to the house. 

Demo

Excavation 

Base for pavers

Paver install start



Boxes placed

Planting mix back in the boxes

Pavers complete with cuts completed 


In Strawberry area the wife wanted raised row with black plastic to stop weeds, so roto tilled the area after pulling irrigation and the old weed stop (wasn’t very effective), created the raised rows, installed drip system and then put down plastic. A few days after we got the bare root strawberries and planted them. They are doing well and have new leaves starting. 

[wiperhunter2]

I know we already talked about this but that's the first pic I've seen of the new strawberry, it all looks great but I'm kind of surprised, your wife didn't want higher strawberry beds, like your garden boxes. Did you get rid of all your old strawberry plants?

[2knots]

We had some in the old boxes and they did ok, I think because of how high they were they froze in from the top and sides so not all would survive. With the new beds and plastic the runners are as much of a problem, easy to see and clip. No we didn’t save any of the plant that where there before as they were 3 years old and probably needed to be replaced anyway

[wiperhunter2]

We had some in the old boxes and they did ok, I think because of how high they were they froze in from the top and sides so not all would survive. With the new beds and plastic the runners are as much of a problem, easy to see and clip. No we didn’t save any of the plant that where there before as they were 3 years old and probably needed to be replaced anyway

I think I already ask you this but are they the ever bearing type or the once a season type?

[jjannie]

Awesome, you really got her a nice set up there. We've gone to all raised beds both in the GH and outside of it as well. Way easier to manage also by being elevated we get almost no weeds at all. Our knees and backs love them and they are large enough that I can use our electric rotor tiller in them. Win-Win!

[2knots]

We had some in the old boxes and they did ok, I think because of how high they were they froze in from the top and sides so not all would survive. With the new beds and plastic the runners are as much of a problem, easy to see and clip. No we didn’t save any of the plant that where there before as they were 3 years old and probably needed to be replaced anyway

I think I already ask you this but are they the ever bearing type or the once a season type?

Ever bearing

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Awesome, you really got her a nice set up there. We've gone to all raised beds both in the GH and outside of it as well. Way easier to manage also by being elevated we get almost no weeds at all. Our knees and backs love them and they are large enough that I can use our electric rotor tiller in them. Win-Win!

Thanks, yes getting down on the ground and crawling around on your knees isn’t much fun anymore for us either, but she made an exception for the strawberries

[liketrolling]

this is the first year I have gone to all raised beds will need to take some Pict. and post 
I have 2beds 4 ft by 8 ft first time in 10 years I have raised strawberry's  so far they look good 
I have 3 different kinds all ever bearing will see which does best

[wiperhunter2]

this is the first year I have gone to all raised beds will need to take some Pict. and post 
I have 2beds 4 ft by 8 ft first time in 10 years I have raised strawberry's  so far they look good 
I have 3 different kinds all ever bearing will see which does best

Look forward to seeing those pics Robert. Picking any produce from them sure makes it a lot easier.

[jjannie]

this is the first year I have gone to all raised beds will need to take some Pict. and post 
I have 2beds 4 ft by 8 ft first time in 10 years I have raised strawberry's  so far they look good 
I have 3 different kinds all ever bearing will see which does best

You won't regret it, Robert. Everbearing is good choice for steady gradual picking. I like mixing in some June bearing just to get a larger batch at one time for freezer jam and freezing some as well.

[2knots]

Had the roto tilling guy come by yesterday and turn over the soil behind the shop where some of the fruit trees are and I plant the corn and my wife’s Halloween pumpkins. After he was done and I had done some clean up raking I rolled the drip systems back out and got the corn seeds sown

[wiperhunter2]

That looks great, you should get a great crop of corn and pumpkins there, and as long as that row is, you should have some pumpkins from your neighbors too.

[2knots]

That looks great, you should get a great crop of corn and pumpkins there, and as long as that row is, you should have some pumpkins from your neighbors too.

The line you see is for the watermelon and pumpkins, the corn is between the trees and the neighbors grass ( which is also a wide area that the pic doesn’t reflect)

[wiperhunter2]

That looks great, you should get a great crop of corn and pumpkins there, and as long as that row is, you should have some pumpkins from your neighbors too.

The line you see is for the watermelon and pumpkins, the corn is between the trees and the neighbors grass ( which is also a wide area that the pic doesn’t reflect)

About how long is that line for the pumpkins?

[2knots]

That looks great, you should get a great crop of corn and pumpkins there, and as long as that row is, you should have some pumpkins from your neighbors too.

The line you see is for the watermelon and pumpkins, the corn is between the trees and the neighbors grass ( which is also a wide area that the pic doesn’t reflect)

About how long is that line for the pumpkins?

Around 50’