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Here's my raised tomato bed. It doesn't even compare to what JohnCT has! Infront of my tomatoes are marigolds. To the left of the bed you can see part of my garden. I didn't wanna' post an entire pic of my garden because I've neglected the weeding lately. You can see my brussel sprouts growing strong. I have 10 more tomato plants among many other things planted in there. I have 6 more tomato plants that aren't planted because I ran out of room. I'm going to see if my neighbour wants them, if not, I'll plant them in 5 gallon pails. I'd like to build more raised beds for the years to come...gotta' compete with John.



Here's my entire garden. The chicken wire was recently put up to keep my new puppy out. It certainly doesn't look the greatest but it's working.

That chicken wire looks great..

To gardeners, any fence to keep anything out
is a GOOD THING!!

That bed looks veryyyyyyy nice Christina...

And here, I thought you were going to say my raised beds...

Well...realistically...for me to have beds like yours is pretty much a dream. Atleast with John, I have some hope of a contest...plus I just wanted to tease him..he's fun to tease.

Nice job, Christina.

Christina, you'd better hope John doesn't see this!
I think your garden looks terrific.
Thanks for posting.

I love the raised bed, Christina !
I want raised beds soooooooooo much !

Really nice raised bed Christina! I have a raised bed for some of my flowers, but I'm thinking of starting another one so I can plant some veggies next year.

That is a fine looking garden Christina. The soil looks nice and BLACK! Better than mine for sure. And we can only daydream about having the sort of planting beds that weezie does! New puppy? Where are the baby pics?

Yeah, but both of your gardens are wayyyyyyyyyy
ahead of mine....

Why she's right here.

Willy

That bed was just built mid May, just in time to put my tomatoes in. My brother works on the railroads and he can get all the used railroad ties he wants. Of course you really have to pick them over to find the cleanest ones. And are they ever heavy!! I was pretty much useless the day it was built. I just watched...I was the foreman.

After reading all the threads about the different tomatoes John, Peppereater and Matorsandwich are growing, I'm thinking next year to definitely try some new varieties. I'll be in touch with you John.

Wow, she is adorable. How does she get along with your other dog?

I'd be happy to share. I've got over 100 varieties of seed now and I'll have more after this season!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="COMIC SANS MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="3" face="COMIC SANS MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by johnCT:
<strong> I've got over 100 varieties of seed now and I'll have more after this season!

Wow, Christina, that's a great pic. I'm sure she's lots of "help!"

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="COMIC SANS MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="3" face="COMIC SANS MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by peppereater:
<strong> Whaaat?

You better get hammerin' John....

I'd like to have 100 plants next year. I'm not crazy.
I son't think I want to keep track of more than about 25 varieties, though. Maybe 30.

Boy, those railroads ties really make a nice bed! I've never seen any used ones that are in such great shape. I had some along my driveway many, many years ago and they didn't look anything like that!

Ahhhhhhh Christina,
Are those railroad ties????????
I didn't think they were when I first looked at it, but not totally sure now???

Weezie, I didn't realize they were railroad ties either when I first saw them because they were so clean and new looking, but since she said they were I had to go back and take a second look at them! They are beautiful and make a lovely bed! I know we don't have any around here that look that good.

I'm hopin' they're not...

They look like a certain sized block of
wood, and then stained...

Those were my thoughts too Weezie!!! I was warned about them when I got mine years ago, but I didn't think it would be a problem because all they touched were concrete and grass. I didn't worry about it since the grass wasn't anything to write home about and was pretty pathetic looking anyway.

John, that's exactly what I was concerned about too since I remember being told about the dangers of creosote a long time ago, but I thought maybe they had different methods of treating them now. I didn't know. Evidently, judging from your link to the article nothing has changed in all these years.

It is definitely a safety issue if you are using them for a bed where you are growing vegetables or anything to eat since it appears they are still being treated with creosote. Plus, you also have to be concerned about the harm it can do to any animals you have around, and she has a new puppy.

Of course they're railroad ties and they're used. It would take years to leak through the plywood! Believe you me...I know!

sprouts look good christina