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Bundling up the garden against the cold

January 30, 2010 at 12:29 pm (Berry Plants, Current State of the Garden, Raised Garden)

Colder weather has descended upon Austin recently and I have done my best to keep my plants protected. My husband and I moved the citrus plants back into the garage for safe keeping. In addition, I have placed coverings over my smaller raised garden which is now filled with onions, beets, carrots, radishes and has various plant around the garden to make it easier to keep all plants protected.

Here is a picture of the small raised garden with a protective covering:

Small Garden Protection

I am also growing strawberries in four containers to set up my own mobile strawberry patch. I am protecting my strawberry plants with a protective covering just to make sure my strawberries make it through the cold patches Austin is experiencing.

Here is a picture of my protected mobile strawberry patch:

Strawberry Mobile Container Patch

My berry plants are hanging in through the cold weather. However, I have some concerns that my blackberry plants are loosing some leaves. I am hoping this may be part of the ebb and flow of its growth.

Here is the current state of my berry plants:

Berry Plants on 1-30-10

Happy Gardening from Sandra

Start of new garden

January 9, 2010 at 8:24 pm (Raised Garden)

The start of the my new garden(s) (i.e., a large garden that is 8 ft by 14 ft) and small garden that is 6 ft by 8 ft) came about in July 2009. My husband and I removed an old wooden raised garden and build our new raised garden from scratch. We removed all of the weeds/grass, then put down strong/hardy weed fabric to be sure to enjoy our raised gardens for years to come. We built our raised gardens with limestone rocks from a local rock supply company in Austin and filled the raised gardens with dillo dirt and Lady Bug Revitalizer Compost.

Please see some photos I have uploaded to show the start and transition to our new raised garden beds.

Happy Gardening from Sandra.