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Raised-bed gardening has become a popular practice. Smaller lots and families have led to the downsizing of planting areas and the amount of produce needed. Raised-bed gardening is fun and enjoyable ...
If you have been thinking of starting a vegetable garden, consider building or buying a raised bed. Raised beds are popular for a variety of reasons. They drain faster than typical garden beds due to ...
So many factors have a stake in how a vegetable garden grows, from sun exposure to soil quality to daily temperature, making it tough to know what can actually take root in your yard—not to mention ...
In this video, I take you on a tour of our 50-plus raised bed vegetable garden and show you what's growing in March. For a ...
Raised beds drain faster than typical garden beds, which provides an advantage during the rainy season. (Photo courtesy of Bonne Plants ) QUESTION: I have a raised vegetable garden about a foot high ...
Home vegetable gardens have grown in popularity over the last couple of years. Here’s a selection of raised garden beds that will yield plentiful plants in any outdoor space that gets at least eight ...
Loyal readers of this column — and I thank you both — know that we've written about pot before. Pots and potted plants, that is. And we've written about grass. How to mow it, of course. Well this time ...
Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...
How to move a raised garden bed to a new location or spot. Basically, I needed to move a large colorbond raised vegetable ...
Warm summer weather has arrived after our cool spring. Rain last Sunday was welcomed by area residents. We returned home last week after a vacation, and I was delighted to find the pine straw mulch in ...
This past week I visited two vegetable gardens on city lots that were designed and built to exclude birds and squirrels while adding visual appeal to the backyard landscapes. I am continuing this ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With our short growing season here in Northeast Ohio, the first step in planning a vegetable garden is to find the outdoor space with the most sun. The next step is to figure out ...