Most gardeners know that a mix of mineral soil and organic material is recommended for raised garden beds. However, other ...
Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...
Make spring gardening easier by prepping your raised beds before winter hits.
woman's gloved hand holding garden trowel of soil over a raised bed - Corinna Kern/Getty Images Raised bed gardening aims to solve many of the challenges gardeners face when starting out, giving you ...
It's done a great job all summer, and is now spent. Give it some love so it's ready again in spring. It’s the end of the season, and we’re all starting to tuck in our garden beds for winter. The soil ...
Many gardeners like to use raised beds to grow their bounty—they create a lovely border, limit weeds, and are easier on your back—but they can also be quite costly to fill, especially if they’re more ...
Just in the past couple of days, I’ve had three different people on three separate occasions tell me they are building or are planning to build raised beds to garden in this year. None of the three ...
Becoming a home gardener with raised beds is like being the chef of your own backyard buffet, and using the right soil (and the right amount of soil) is just as important as buying the right groceries ...
If you’ve ever stuck your hand into a raised garden bed on a crisp spring morning, you know the secret: it’s toasty in there!
Last week I was on the phone with one of my friends from church and we were talking about becoming a vegetarian. I’m not there yet, but I’m working on it. There are good things and bad things ...
Spring is here, and those of us who garden are thinking about what we are going to do in our gardens this year. Some of us are very familiar with using raised beds for gardening. If you are ...
While at the pool this past week, I had a friend who asked me about getting started with some new raised beds. He has reached the point where he is working with a number of raised beds. He talked to ...