Are you asking if the grass under your raised beds will grow through the soil to the top of your frames?

I don't use any fabric. I just hand pull any grass/weeds. I don't get much, I might pull out 2-3 every few days.

I grew up on a cotton farm in Arkansas. I plowed mules. I picked cotton. We also chopped cotton. I hated it but I became pretty adapt with a hoe. That's what I use on weeds, and also for hipping up the rows, to help water retention.

I think I will give this a try this year.

I know Bermuda will grow up through the beds. So was thinking about puttin fabric down at ground level, then soil on top of that, then finally another layer of fabric for weed control.

I use newpaper to line the bottom. But what I did after I set my rasied beds on the ground I dug up about 2" of ground then replaced it with quality top soil. Our neighborhood backs up to the lake and our soil is mostly clay.

I would try to get as much of the grass up as I could. Maybe cut them into strips and plant them in bare spots if you have any.

Till the area, lay some soil down then lay the fabric down and fill with soil.

Please post what you do, I'm interested to see what happens.

Thanks and Good luck

My Uncles garden















His Neighbors garden



both of them





Oh Bill.....

Yep. He got the first ripe tomatoes. The feed store has some on their south wall, which produce in the winter. I could use some of that dill weed.

I sweating out the cold forecast for tonight. I'll turn my dripper on. Wish me luck.

Good Luck

I have a 2x10 strip of dill, if you want some seeds remind me in the summer.

Payne, your uncle is rockin' big time

Yeah he's doing his thing. Small rows/no fabric, to each his own.

I like his green house, it was 60 outside and 90 inside.

His other neighbor with that white pipe looking fence grows nothing but berries. That row goes 2.5-3 feet wide the length of the fence

I will give you a recipe for ziplock dill pickles this summer.

Payne, I will let you know how it works out. My beds have been in place for 8 years, but have always struggled with bermudagrass. So this year I have tilled twice to a depth of 12", and then pulled out any remaining roots. Plus I have used Roundup. Then I put in my raised beds over the same spot. Each raised bed is 8x8 and 12" tall, and have four total. Of all the plants in years past, only the garlic didn't mind the Bermuda. But it is still a pain and water consumer.

I use preen fabric. You can get it from Sam's for $29 for 225'x 4' or Walmart for $20 for 100' x 3'.

The 225' roll comes with staples the 100' doesn't.

$29 at my Walmart for 3' x 150', no staples

Okay Gents, another question or 3!

I am replacing my fence around my garden this year as we have many critters that love veggies. Currently have a 3 foot welded wire fence set on t-posts which has done pretty well for the past ten years. But am looking to spruce it up a bit. Mainly because my wood corner posts have rotted some.

I am looking to put in a 2 rail post and board fence 3 feet above ground, then attach new welded wire with a face plate. Post spacing will be 10 feet on center, and rails will either be 1x6 cedar boards or 5/4 x 6 deck boards.

Questions:
1. Since I am using post and board, do I need to brace the corners (except of course where the gate will be, which I will brace).
2. Will a 4x4 buried 1 foot deep with gravel and concrete mix be deep enough for the posts? It's not likely to have a lot of tension with the wire fence, or have wind load since it is a post and rail. Buying an 8' 4x4 allows me to cut them in half for this purpose.
3. Should I use cedar or deck boards for a 10 foot run between posts? My thinking is the 5/4 deck board so they won't bow over time.

Thanks for your advice!

My uncle planted his garden today.

I'm planting my 12 Celebrity Tomato plants & 4 Jalapeño plants Saturday morning, also gonna transplant my Cherry & Better Boy plants that I started from seed, into some bigger pots, then let them go about 3 more weeks before putting them in the ground. This is my first time trying to start anything from seeds & I started them a little late but oh well, I might grab one Cherry Tomato plant at wally world this evening just to have one at the same stage as my Celebrities. The Better Boys I don't really care, they never have produced much for me in the past anyway.

I'm planting mine this weekend will post pics when I'm done forecast looks good from now till April yall think were done with winter? Grandma say's I'm planting too early

I have some of those big planter buckets they use for trees that I have been using to make Crappie condo's, If we get a cold night, I'll cover em up. I can't wait any longer, it's driving me crazy.

Oh yeaah! I accidentally had 250 tomato plants come up. I had a chicken coop in the backyard and was going to tear it down. (I gave my chickens to my dad about 5 months ago.) Well, I have plants in there that are from 3" - 2' tall. I have no Idea what kind they are because we just through our salad scraps to the chickens, (roma, beefsteak, cherry and sandwich). My father came by and got 70 plants my brother got 60 and my fil got some to. I kept a few. I guess I won't have to by them this year.

I cant wait either, its driving me nuts

It shows the coldest night for the rest of the month to be 47 in the forecast

Any advice?