John J. asks: Can you give me some guidelines for making raised beds? I will be using them to grow vegetables and annual flowers. The first rule of thumb is to not make them too wide. One of the ...

Raised beds can make gardening easy for a number of reasons. They warm up faster in the spring, they are easier to weed and maintain, and they give a garden a nice, organized look. Also, the soil does ...

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 ...

In this video, I give you my 5 top tips on how to grow a ton of collards in just one small round raised garden bed container.

In this informative video, we explore optimal locations for placing 9 more raised garden beds in your space. Discover strategic tips on maximizing sunlight, accessibility, and soil quality to enhance ...

The fall season is a great time to prepare garden beds for next year. When spring rolls around, you’ll be relieved to already have the garden primed for planting; that’s one less thing to deal with ...

My wife, Sherrie, and I first attempted to build raised garden beds as a rather desperate means of dealing with a garden site that offered only rocky, dead, chemically abused soil. There was little ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Laura Motley Any serious gardener will spend countless hours planning and ...

If you are a gardener, there are many reasons why you would want to raise your plants in a raised bed. Most of them can be found in the new book by urban gardener Tara Nolan, Raised Bed Revolution: ...

Why grow in raised garden beds? The main advantage is that when your soil is poor that the depth of soil that the raised beds provide makes all the difference, particularly as it’s topped up with soil ...