Growing In Raised Beds
We grow root vegetables and small leafy greens on raised beds. The beds are made with 'construction lumber'. Being not chemically treated makes construction…
Garden Projects: Beds, Trellises & Tools.
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Every structure and custom tool in our garden was engineered to solve a physical bottleneck in a short-season climate: maximizing vertical sunlight capture, isolating raised-bed moisture, keeping Eastern Cottontail rabbits out, and stamping 1,200 seed holes in minutes.
- 01 / Vertical Frame
- Cattle Panels 16 ft galvanized steel on 6 ft T-posts
- 02 / Bed Lumber
- Untreated 2×12 10-year service life without chemicals
- 03 / Grid Precision
- 1,200 Holes 2-inch spacing via oak-dowel stamp
- 04 / Perimeter
- Grooved Cedar Removable hardware-cloth rabbit panels
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2018 Field Study · Updated 2026 Edition · South-East Wisconsin (Zone 5B)
How We Use Trellises In Gardening
We prefer to grow vining or climbing varieties of vegetable plants, as opposed to bush varieties. Pole beans, indeterminate tomatoes, cucumbers, Asian gourds…
Our Garden Fences And Grape Trellis
We have a lot of wild rabbits, ‘Eastern Cottontail’, in the area. In the first year of gardening we thought we could do without fences. Instead we used garlic or…
Seeding Templates And Stamps
We plant our vegetables much denser than usually recommended. The root vegetables and leafy greens we plant in raised beds are only 2 inches (5 cm) apart. Though…