Great looking garden. Very productive. The only thing I would do is install a drip irrigation system or hoses.

What are those spiral looking do-dads called? Let us know how they work for you?

It's your first year with SFGing???? Wow, color me impressed. Great looking garden there. Don't have any suggestions for you as I am sure your own experiences will have you wanting to tinker with something or the other down the road, but your garden looks great.

I agree that I definately need some sort of irrigation plan...but I also would appreciate some mulching ideas.

Oooh very inspiring! I'm still in the planning stage for my SFVG

Nice raised beds. Grass clippings make great mulch but sometimes there isn't enough depending on the size of your lawn. Just be sure to let it dry out before applying a thick layer or put a thin layer of wet clippings over your garden. Thick layer of fresh grass will mold. I've run newspaper through the shredder and used it as mulch. Leaves are a good mulch, so keep a few bags when you rake them in the fall. Those are all free ideas. Buying a few bales of hay or straw is probably cheaper than buying wood chip mulch from a garden center. Be sure to put on a thick layer to keep the weeds out.

Your garden looks wonderful. I haven't had to water much this year so far but I took a simple soaker hose and placed on a Y and ran it down my bed at 2 ft in from each side. It waters the bed very nicely. I have a small yard but bag all my grass clippings to use as mulch. So far so good.

Terrific looking garden!

I just use a soaker hose as well. I just hammered a pair of nails into the wood as guides. Those are snow peas and whats left of the radishes in late May. This is one box of three and I have container space as well. The peas are still going. nearly 2 pints a week for more than a month in 3 square feet of space. They are getting beat up now but still going.

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I still water by hand but when a good soak is need or possible vacation watering(with timer) then the soaker hose works well.