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This year will be a new approach.  I will be giving my raised garden beds a break.  Last year pallets were placed vertical on the raised gardens.  After I prep the raised garden bed soil the pallets will lay on top of those raised garden beds.

About 60 5 gallon buckets have been collected from Sam's club.  They are food grade and will contain this years garden.  The buckets will have descriptions and will be placed atop of the pallets.

Coffee Grounds, Compost, Straw and Soil will be combined to fill each 5 gallon container.

The seeds are/will be gaining a head start in my Aquaponics system.  And will then be transplanted at the appropriate time to the outdoor garden.

After troughs are created for the Grape plant and the Black Raspberry hopefully they will make use for greater growth.

The Aquaponics grow bed will then be reset and reseeded.  And another 150 gallon pool will be added for Tilapia and Catfish farming.  LED flood lighting structures will be created and multiple levels of grow beds will be set up.

Planning on a large harvest for freezing, canning and pressure canning.

Here is info you may find of interest.

5 gallon Food grade rectangular Buckets w/lids.  Free you can ask for them at the Sam's bakery.  Wash them out before use.

Used Coffee grounds.  Free you can ask for them at any Starbucks.

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Never even thought about starbucks for coffee grounds, thanks!

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Started Brussels Sprouts, Onion White Long and Stevia.  Trying to get a Sweet Potato to sprout but it just wont go...

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Vodin said
Started Brussels Sprouts, Onion White Long and Stevia.  Trying to get a Sweet Potato to sprout but it just wont go...

There's an article in this month's Hobby Farms magazine about making a hot bed for growing sweet potato slips. I can't find a link to the article, so for proper citing's sake, http://www.hobbyfarms.com

"A Sweet Deal" Article by Lisa Munniksma

Step 1: Hot layer of manure in an enclosed bed/box

Step 2: A layer of sand to protect the seed potatoes from burning

Step 3: Seed potatoes.  One bushel will yield about 1000 slips

Step 4: A layer of sand to cover potatoes

Step 5: 1 inch wire mesh over the potatoes to hold them in place when you pull off the slips.

Step 6: Cover the bed with straw/insulation.  The bed is most productive between 70 and 80 degrees.

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What I am wanting to do is start the sweet potato in pond water.  Keep the water fresh and in doing so grow slips off of the sweet potato.  The I will place the slips in another water bath to grow roots.  Then plant them in soil.  Hoping to have them in the garden in the backyard by then.Frown

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any luck with the sweet potatoes? 

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1st one the sweet potato smelled funny after awhile changed the water out regularly.  Just set up 2 more last week.

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The soil that will be excavated will be combined with used coffee grounds, compost and straw.  Should I include other amendments to it since it will be growing my garden this year?

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