Winter has a reputation for slamming the brakes on gardening, but frost doesn’t have to mean failure, frozen dreams, or limp ...
From DIY projects to store-bought kits, use these raised bed garden ideas to take your garden to a new height! When it comes ...
Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit the presence of weeds in beds, and are easier on the body as they require ...
When you decide to build a garden from scratch, you'll quickly find yourself facing some big decisions. For one, should you plant in the ground or build raised beds? And if you go with raised beds, ...
Best raised garden bed for small spaces: GreenStalk 5-Tier Vertical Planter Best raised garden bed for urban spaces: Outsunny 3-Tier Raised Garden Bed With Trellis Whether you have a spacious backyard ...
Want to elevate your garden to a higher level? Adding raised beds might be the answer. The structures, which can be inches to feet off the ground, allow gardeners to grow healthier plants faster, are ...
The best fill materials for raised garden beds are the ones that can decompose on their own, like twigs, leaves, straw, and more. Starting your raised bed with a layer of cardboard or newspaper can ...
A recent conversation with a gardener friend as to why he didn’t plant a winter garden made me consider my husband’s raised garden beds, now full to the brim of leafy winter vegetables. My friend ...
Question: My husband and I are wanting to put in some raised beds. What would be the best wood to use without costing a fortune? Thanks for your help. Answer: Raised beds don’t necessarily have to be ...
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 ...
Spring has a way of sneaking up on you — it’s only March, but it’s easy to already feel behind on planting. Even if it’s still too early to put spinach in the ground, now is a great time for building ...
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 ...