A raised bed garden is just what it sounds like. Instead of planting straight into the ground, you build a frame and fill it with soil. This setup makes gardening a whole lot easier on your knees and ...

January is a great time for Marin County gardeners to prepare raised vegetable beds for the upcoming growing season. Amending the soil in winter months ensures that the beds will provide vegetables ...

Here's exactly how deep your raised garden beds should be to grow veggies, herbs, and flowers. Growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs in a raised garden bed is a handy solution if you have poor soil ...

Winter is the perfect time to prepare raised garden beds for spring planting. Learn what to do in winter to have richer soil and fewer pests in raised garden beds.

How times, and terms, have changed. Up until a few years ago, the term “raised bed” referred to a garden bed that consisted of rich soil perfect for growing vegetables. Such a bed included plenty of ...

You don’t need a sprawling lawn to be a gardener. Any outdoor space — be it a balcony or small patch of grass — can be home to a raised garden bed. Though useful for all gardeners, they’re especially ...

If you still haven't planted a garden yet, Linn County Master Gardener, Lisa Slattery, offers one option that is becoming more popular: We completed building three brand new raised beds in our garden ...

For those looking to create a long-lasting, nourishing, and healthy plant bed in their gardens might be interested in the age-old practice of hugelkultur, or mound culture. It refers to planting ...

Growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs in a raised garden bed is a handy solution if you have poor soil or drainage problems, and it allows you to start planting earlier in spring. But how deep should ...

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 ...