Raised bed vegetable gardening is a popular way of growing vegetables that offers many benefits, such as improved soil quality, better drainage, and easier maintenance. Here are some tips to help you ...

Prep the location where you want your garden to be by leveling raised spots with a shovel, pulling out large weeds, and ...

Mulch is a good friend to gardens. It helps soil hold moisture, keeps plant roots cool on hot days, and discourages weeds from sprouting. Many types of mulch add beneficial substances to the earth as ...

Summer may be ending, but your garden doesn’t have to! Here are simple ways to extend the season and what to plant now for a ...

Let’s have a quick show of hands: Who enjoys weeding? It looks like nobody does. The only redeeming quality I find in the job is that it slows me down long enough to check on the plants that I’m ...

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Here are some ideas for preparing your raised beds for winter. Take apart containers, put watering cans and décor items away, and drain your hose, pulling weeds and spent plants, applying winter mulch ...

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 ...

I’VE ALWAYS FAVORED RAISED BEDS – BOXED OR UNBOXED. OVER 30 YEARS, I’VE GARDENED AT EIGHT DIFFERENT HOUSES, EACH OFFERING GOOD AND BAD SOIL, SUN AND SHADE AND PLANTING SPACES THAT VARIED FROM AN ...

Over the past few years, there has been a new trend in backyard gardening: raised beds. In particular, modular, coated-metal raised beds have become incredibly popular. And for many good reasons, as I ...

Speaking of fungus, weeks of rain followed by blazing sun and humidity is a recipe for powdery mildew and other fungal diseases, especially on tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Prevention is the best ...