A minimum depth of 12 inches is good for most herbs and shallow-rooted vegetables. For root crops like carrots or potatoes, ...

Raised garden beds can be expensive to fill full of soil, so it's tempting to bulk them out with a cheaper solution. Here's ...

The best fill materials for raised garden beds are the ones that can decompose on their own, like twigs, leaves, straw, and ...

Fill your raised bed with a good quality topsoil and compost blend. Raised bed bag mixes can also be purchased at your local garden center. Soil is the foundation, and the most important ingredient, ...

Soil mixes are available in bags or bulk from landscaping and garden centers. To calculate exactly how much soil you need for each raised bed, measure the total length, width, and height of your ...

Is wood best to build a raised garden? Metal? Stone? Here is everything you need to know about making your own raised garden.

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Raised garden beds are popular, and a quick look at pictures online will yield more images of lush green plants overflowing the bed walls than you can scroll through. But what can you plant in a ...

If you're new to gardening or ... long as you have healthy soil), but the downside is that it can leave your plants vulnerable, especially seedlings. A raised garden bed like this one can help ...

Spring gardening is on the horizon, and you have a cornucopia of vegetables to choose from to plant mid-March from seed like cucumbers, summer squash and corn, or from transplant like eggplant and ...

If your budget allows, look for fabric, galvanized and metal containers offered by many garden centers and online sources. Soil for raised beds and containers For raised beds, we recommend a mix ...