# What to plant?
I've been trying to decide what to do with the raised beds that I built into my tiny garden a few weeks back. Since I'm only doing this for fun and not relying on what I grow as a main food source, I tend to try many different vegetables. I have already planted beets, daikon, potatoes, carrots, basil, tomatoes, onions, garlic, bitter melon, peas, and quite a few more. Most crops have been successful. Heck, I'm still swimming in lima beans that I grew from 2 years ago. 

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Here's a picture of a random beet that managed to take hold in my green onion section. It's doing quite nicely! Hoping the other will grow up to be the same(or better). 
## King of Pop told me to do it

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Thanks to the radio, the king of pop got through to me. Beet it! This is what he meant, right? Dug out the old beet seed package from 2 seasons ago (expired 12/16, they'll still grow, right?) and then got to work!

## The raised bed

The raised bed was built a few weeks back. Using 2x8 as the frame supported by some cheap epoxy coated rebar that I was able to acquire for a penny each!  The size of the frame is roughly 1.5 Feet by 7.5 feet.  The basil in the picture existed before the raised beds were put in. I simply build the frame around it and just added dirt. It didn't seem to care. The green stalks are garlic. Some eager beaver garlic bulb sprouted before I had a chance to eat them. 
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## Good soil is key

Nature's cure raised bedding soil is some good stuff and mainly what I used to fill in the beds. Some steer manure was mixed in along with some garden and kitchen scraps for some added organic fertilizer that will break down over time. I am still working on getting some vermicompost with my worm bin, but that is still a few weeks away. 
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## Finishing up and planting
The top of the beds is covered with some extra burlap sacks that I have acquired from fishing.  They have been hosed down and sun-dried to remove the stench of old fish. I'm hoping they will keep down the weeks while retaining some moisture in the soil. Holes are cut into the sack roughly 4 inches apart based off regular beet growing recommendation. A couple of seeds were mixed into each hole at roughly 1/4 inch deep. 
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## Now we wait
Once I get the automatic sprinklers set up, it'll mainly be a  waiting game with some occasional TLC. Hopefully, they all sprout and the bunnies stay away.  




## Did you know?

Beet leaves are edible and quite delicious too! Talk about a no waste crop. 
Beets can also be orange and yellow! If you can get your hands on all three,  you can make a colorful beet salad!