{"id":169,"date":"2012-12-26T17:33:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2013-01-03T20:42:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T20:42:38","slug":"building-soil-in-raised-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Building soil in raised beds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/building-soil-in-raised-beds\/20121226-112439-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121226-112439.jpg\" alt=\"Raised bed organic farming\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121226-112439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121226-112439-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121226-112439-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121226-112439-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The soil here is great, but very thin, so we&#8217;re working on building it up.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve plowed it with a tractor and then piled it up in rows and then added a very thick layer of grass, leaves, chicken poop, cow manure, and rice hulls.  <\/p>\n<p>Now we wait, keeping it hydrated and letting it break down naturally and without a lot of work, with the hope that we will have 12 inches of good topsoil in a year or two.<\/p>\n<p>The mulch is good for preventing many weeds from popping up, so less maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>However, two plants have already started growing on their own. These are watermelon (sandia) and purslane (verdulaga), so we&#8217;ll be getting some harvests in the meantime. Probably squash and a few other things will grow well here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The soil here is great, but very thin, so we&#8217;re working on building it up. We&#8217;ve plowed it with a tractor and then piled it up in rows and then added a very thick layer of grass, leaves, chicken poop, cow manure, and rice hulls. 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