woman's gloved hand holding garden trowel of soil over a raised bed - Corinna Kern/Getty Images Raised bed gardening aims to solve many of the challenges gardeners face when starting out, giving you ...

Finding success with a raised vegetable garden always begins with the soil. The best type of soil mix should balance nutrients, proper drainage, and room to breathe. Vegetables tend to demand a higher ...

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 ...

You spent all season improving your raised garden bed soil, and now you're liking wondering if you should toss it all out ...

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Growing vegetables in a raised bed has many benefits including ...

Raised beds make gardening easier, but winter can be hard on them. Bare soil sits there taking all the wind, rain, and ...

A question for Dan Gill: I have just built a 4-foot-by-8-foot raised garden bed. I will be using it for vegetables. What type of soil and how much do I need for that size garden? -- Lula Young Answer: ...

Today's homeowners have smaller yards and less space for vegetable gardening. Many have opted to use raised beds as a way to maximize space and minimize garden maintenance. "Square-foot" gardening is ...

Just in the past couple of days, I’ve had three different people on three separate occasions tell me they are building or are planning to build raised beds to garden in this year. None of the three ...