Growing your veggies in raised beds offers many benefits to the average backyard gardener. Learn how to build your own.
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...
Making a raised garden bed is an easy weekend project even for a novice. You can find ready-to-assemble kits online, or you can simply make your own, custom-created beds from common hardware supplies. Here’s how to do it, from placement to potting soil to plants. Tools You'll Need ...
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.
And that's it. You'll have a better view in your garden after making this raised flower bed. Would you agree that it's an excellent gardening idea? Remember, if you don't want to set up an irrigation system, you can always water your plants manually. That's how I do it. ...
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed Looking for a way to grow more flowers or vegetables in your small yard? Consider building a raised garden bed to give yourself plenty of space to grow healthy, hearty plants. Keep reading to learn the benefits of a raised garden bed, as well as a step...
We’ll start off with exactly what you’re looking for - how to build a raised garden bed. Then we’ll jump into what kind of wood or material to use, how large a raised bed should be, how to clear the site, filling a raised bed and the soil mix!
How you make your raised garden bed determines whether it requires a liner. Beds created over a cultivated area where plant roots are allowed to penetrate existing soil do not require a liner. Those placed on top of the existing soil, usually because th
A raised bed is a rectangle. That rectangle can be any length you want; you are limited only by the length of wood planks you can obtain (12 or 16 feet is common). However, in terms of the width of the bed, you want to think really hard about making it any wider than four feet...
Take a 2x2 stake and place it at the middle point of one of the garden bed frame's outside walls. Dig or pound it into the ground, so the top of the stake is level with the top of the side rails. Fasten the stake to the raised bed side rails with deck screws. Repeat with eac...