The best fill materials for raised garden beds are the ones that can decompose on their own, like twigs, leaves, straw, and more. Starting your raised bed with a layer of cardboard or newspaper can ...

This video is about how stand up raised bed food gardening can make your life so much easier! Self Sufficient Me is based on ...

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 ...

JOAN CAINE’S Lake Forest Park garden used to look much like her neighbors’. But that was before she hired Cameron Scott of Exteriorscapes to turn her front yard into a flourishing food factory. Scott ...

Everyone wants a lush, blooming garden—but not everyone has the space to dedicate to in-ground garden beds. Whether you're just starting to flex your green thumb or are dealing with tight lawn ...

When it comes to starting a vegetable garden, there are a lot of factors to consider. For example, you need to decide if you're going to try growing vegetables from seed or which gardening techniques ...

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 ...

Raised-bed gardening has become a hot topic with the resurgence of vegetable gardening in the last few years. The advantages of growing your vegetables in a raised box are many. First, the growing ...

In this video, I explain and demonstrate how an "easy to assemble" raised garden bed might not be the best option. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se Queensland ...

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 ...