Growing vegetables or flowers in raised beds gives you the opportunity to create a perfect environment for your plants. You want to ensure the contents of your bed is of a good enough quality for your ...

From left: Bob Hawkins, Nicole Pramik, and the author at The Farm at Okefenokee. What do I put on the bottom of a raised garden bed? Design your raised bed garden layout to maximize sunlight and layer ...

Recycle woody debris into productive raised beds that retain moisture, improve drainage, and build fertile soil over time.

Raised beds offer a number of benefits. For one, the soil in them drains better. Just as importantly, raised beds make it physically easier to garden. However, growing plants in raised beds comes with ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...

Raised gardens are typically filled with a rich, raised bed soil mix made of sand, compost, and topsoil. However, to get even better results from raised bed gardening, you can add other materials to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Convenient, plant-friendly, and more accessible too, raised garden beds are a worthwhile investment for home gardeners. Put simply, "A raised garden bed is a planting bed that has been raised a few ...

Question: I'm wondering how long it takes for leaves to become compost. I noticed when I cleaned my garage gutters this year there was beautiful black compost under the dry leaves. I'm thinking maybe ...

The benefits of raised gardens are seen in master gardener Laura Heldreth's victory garden. (Laura Heldreth) Pat Stephens and Judi Seifert are Clark County Master Gardeners, a program run by ...

How deep should a raised garden bed be? Raised garden bed layers less than 8 inches tall will stunt plant growth. Choose 8 inches or taller. Here’s why. Raised garden beds are popular for reasons ...