Raised Bed Gardening!
Image by redteam via Flickr
There are many reasons for constructing a raised bed. Sometimes your soil is far from ideal. Or perhaps you need to conserve space. You can grow twice as much in a raised bed than you can in a traditional garden in regular soil, increasing your production.
Another caveat of a raised bed is that it saves both time and money. Since you only need to tend to the bed and not to any surrounding soil, your efforts pay off much more quickly. You don’t have to weed as much when crops are grown closely as weeds can’t compete in the mix and die off on their own.
Raised beds are perfect for gardeners who are wheelchair bound or have limited mobility as this style of bed brings the garden upwards making it within reach. A raised bed can allow a disabled person the ability to continue to garden or perhaps become a new viable pastime.
The quickest way to make a raised bed is to
Click here to continue reading
