dealing with wet areas-raised beds

its a litte wet where this spot is at so here is some shots of what ive been working on. got a long way to go yet its hard work dragging all the supplies around. choppers dont usualy fly around here and its in the middle of nowhere. will be filled with sunshine mix,earthworm castings,good compost,and some secret weapons=whatever i can afford. fox farms and earth juice are on the menu for the year. have a big box of bat guano to toss around also. hope my pictures come up,ive never posted one before.

i know its looking a little rough now and ill put some paint on it tomarrow but in the end youll be pleased with the results.

nice, how big is that box? how many plants you putting in there?

its 16' long by 3' wide its 12" high and dug another 1.5' under ground lvl. its takin me and my partner some hell of a time bringing supplies to where it is. but it is fun. some paint and few dozen more loads of sunshine mix and compost and it should be nice i hope. im building one 12' long next to it. im planning on putting 6-7 plants in the large one and maybe just a bunch of autos in the shorter one.

Wow thats cool, reminds me of a sandbox. Looks good man, the obly thing is it does not look that natural so make sure no one goes around there.

Ever consider just using 15 gallon pots?

yea man ive got some 30 gallon botanicare camo grow bags too. ive grown in this area for about 8 years and have never had a problem. you never know this could be the year. i usualy use buckets here ive dug a big hole and had a nice grow here once and the second year it rained for the whole month of june so is was mostly a bust. one plant in the ground made it and the bucket plants survived. this is not my first time making raised beds just theese wil be the biggest ive made. and the first time at this location. its not a pleasant place to take a walk so nobody goes there. but hey like i said never say never. but i have a few other cards up my sleeve so we will see how the year plays out. ive yet to fill it full and paint it,today was a rest day being easter. grown here i expect them to out perform my plants grown in buckets even the 30 gallon ones+it does not dry out as quick especialy when mulched. its all just a hobby i have a day job.

Looks like you have all the options covered...

Good luck.... the plan looks like a winner.

still have to remember murphy's law-whatever can go wrong will. or something like that. ill post some more pics when i have something interesting going on. cracker jax you run this place? your bars are pretty full. and your avatar is pretty cool to. have fun peace

Uhhh .... hardly.

Just kickin the chicken ... like everyone else.

if cracker ran this place, the site would be in a whole lot of trouble!! LOL

If I ran it ... you'd never know it.

the silent moderator, eh?

moderator?

my bad. when I think "run this place", I always think moderator, cause that's what they do

CrackerJax said:

Uhhh .... hardly.

Just kickin the chicken ... like everyone else.

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I'm sure you know this but, don't forget to camouflage they are looking for straight lines mostly. Best of luck.

TY ... I will.

yea logzz i was going to tie them down this way and that you know,the only one growing straight up would be on the far end. but its been 4 or 5 years since they have ran choppers in my county. we are broke. and when they did fly them they just checked the corn fields. and they couldnt be farther from one.

my bad i thought moderater also.

Think twice before you slur me with that title....