Tidying up your Vegetable Raised Bed
May 1, 2010
So you’ve got a few spaces on your raised bed where you should have seedlings. Maybe some of your seeds did not germinate, perhaps a pesky slug devoured one of your seedlings or, good heavens, the neighbours cat trod on your bed and the seedlings got uprooted. Good news is that you can correct this very easily and your food-growing will soon be back on track.
First have a look at your bed and identify:
1) Plants that are out of position
2) Spots where you have more plants than you should have
3) Spots where you have no plants in at all. Check your instruction booklet to see what plants should be here
Next, move plants that are out of position into the spots that have no plants in. Also, move plants from spots where you have too many to the spots where you have none. The video below shows you how to do transplant your seedlings.
Finally, get out your seed packets and sow fresh seeds into any remaining empty spaces, again using your instruction booklet to identify what seeds should be sown in which spots.
In a few weeks you bed will look as good as new.
