Of course, a raised bed can be even simpler than that: you could build a raised bed without a frame, mound the soil 6 to 8 inches high, and flatten the top. This requires no additional materials (beyond soil). How to Build A Raised Garden Bed You are simply building a box—like a...
Building raised beds is an excellent DIY project for those wanting to grow their own food. You’ll just need a few tools and some hard workers. See a step-by-step slideshow of one of our columnistscreating a raised bed garden.
We opted for a garden bed placed on the ground. It requires fewer materials and it also allows the plants to reach down into the soil below the bed. Building raised garden beds is a great option if your yard doesn’t have great soil or if you don’t want something permanently dug into...
Learn how to build a raised garden bed with our step-by-step guide, including all the supplies you'll need. This DIY project is easy to do.
How to Build a Raised Flower Bed Garden in 12 Simple Steps ((I'd like to thank Lowe's for this excellent tutorial fromtheir Youtube! – Watch the entire video at the bottom of this post.)) Step 1 Choose the location of your flower bed. There are certain things you have to consider...
Our Garden Planner is a great tool for planning the layout and location of your beds. Use the Rectangle Tool or choose one of the Raised Beds from the selection of Garden Objects to give a realistic look to your plan. Beds can be resized using the corner handles and are easily copied an...
If you are going to be spending a lot of time in your garden this year planting vegetables and more, then we have a great project here to help you start
Making a raised garden bed is an easy weekend project even for a novice. Here’s how to do it, from placement to potting soil to plants.
The final step is deciding on the type of garden. There are three main options: raised garden beds, in-ground beds, and container gardens. Raised garden bed A raised bed is a structure often built from wood that sits on top of the ground and acts like a big container for your plants....
In late April 2007, I began to plan an organic vegetable garden for one side of our house. We had a garden (if you could call it that), that was the main entrance and it was half dead because of the lack of rain. We thought that if we built the garden beds as a feature of th...