Click on embedded links for more information It is incredible how quickly life grabs hold. This tray of black turtle beans placed in the seed incubator only 72 hours earlier developed into seedlings rapidly. The seedlings, once fully grown, yielded approximately 1440 beans. The average return for beans is 120:1. These cultivars of black turtle…

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One of our goals at the Veggie-Bed is to perfect and practice sustainable gardening techniques. Another objective is trying different varieties of vegetables that grow well in our region. Year after year, beans (bush) have yielded good results. This growing season we are experimenting with growing Black Turtle (bush) shelling beans. We are prepping these…

Click on embedded links for more information With the second season of no-till gardening at the Veggie-Bed, the soil amendment and cultivating phase was started. The prior season we turned over the top layer of soil to remove weeds and create the raised rows. A layer of pathogen-free composted cow manure was applied to the rows…

Maybe we should have sown snow peas instead of sugar snaps -lol- Snow peas have flat edible pods with small peas. They are sometimes confused with sugar snaps, which are a cross between snow and garden peas. Writer: Tom Myrick If you would like to be a part of Urban Gardening’s mission of encouraging and…

Make sure to use pathogen-free manure if you are using packaged manure, check the label! A busy day amending the soil with pathogen-free composted cow manure here at the Veggie-Bed. Over the next six weeks, we will continue to cultivate the soil blending in the manure. The manure improves soil quality while acting like a…

The first group of seedlings has made their way from the seed incubator to the greenhouse. Among the seedlings are collards, spinach, kale, and sugar snaps. They will continue to grow there until they can be transplanted outdoors here at the Veggie-Bed.  The next group is not far behind. Writer: Tom Myrick If you would…