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 ...

You spent all season improving your raised garden bed soil, and now you're liking wondering if you should toss it all out ...

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 ...

All the benefits of raised garden beds, from soil control to accessibility, plus ideas for adding one into your yard. So many factors have a stake in how a vegetable garden grows, from sun exposure to ...

What are the advantages of raised beds? Better Drainage: A raised bed permits plant roots to develop in soil held above water-logged, potentially contaminated, or compacted sites. You can easily ...

The best place to grow a garden is directly in the soil, assuming that you are able to work on your hands and knees, and that you don’t have problems with gophers or poor soil. With that in mind, ...

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 ...

This is the first episode in our growing food in small spaces series and it shows how to build a raised garden bed made from ...

Some raised garden beds come with liners, which you place at the bottom of your bed before adding soil. DeVito typically does not suggest using liners inside raised garden beds unless there’s a reason ...

Growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs in a raised garden bed is a handy solution if you have poor soil or drainage problems, and it allows you to start planting earlier in spring. But how deep should ...

Q. I am thinking of switching to raised garden beds this year. Do you have any recommendations on how to improve my soil? It is mainly field dirt and I noticed nothing really grew well last year. I ...

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 ...