FINALLY got the raised beds done!! 7A/B – Central Oklahoma – Reddit Post

I’m just here to spaz out with Beginning Season Gardener Glee: I’m so excited to try two versions of the “Three Sisters” method this year! One featuring plants native to North America: Lakota (winter) Squash, Corn (zea mays), and Beans (haven’t put them in yet).

The other bed features plants native to Africa: Okra, Bush Cowpea (pinkeye purple hull), and Watermelon (Sugar Baby variety) — just waiting to get the watermelons in!! We have a couple cantaloupe vines as well but they’re a short season variety and I didn’t want to have to pull ’em when the okra was still producing.

Oklahoma’s weather is SO spastic, it’s been hard learning what plants actually survive down here, and reinterpreting “full sun” instructions for a south-facing backyard with FULL SUN 🥵

We added in this trellis as well, which gave me tons of yard soil I’ve been working to amend with compost, in-ground bagged soil, shredded leaves, vermiculite, pearlite, and used potting soil from last year. I’ve been able to expand flowerbeds all around the yard but will have to stop with dirt-moving soon due to the inability of my Northern constitution to handle the +90°F temps. Boooo!

The pots in this trellis area are a mixture of Malabar spinach, passiflora incarnata, and one is a very unhappy feijoa sellowiana who is in recovery from its previous south-facing placement.