Raised Garden. These gardens can be contained, such as when you build a wood or stone structure to keep the bed intact, or they can be more free-form, with soil and amendments merely piled several inches high. Besides the decorative post tops, which require a screwdriver, the posts and sides attach using a sliding mechanism that doesn't need to be fastened with tools.
By raising the soil level, raised garden beds also reduce back strain when bending over to tend the bed. Some have wheels for portability, others have built-in trellises, removable greenhouse covers, storage shelves, legs that elevate the bed, or. Raised beds curtail creeping weeds and drifting seeds.
Making a raised garden bed is an easy weekend project even for a novice.
The soil in raised vegetable garden beds typically warms earlier in spring than the surrounding earth.
This box keeps your garden low to the ground in a more classic way but. This raised garden bed plan uses the square foot gardening technique. You can set plants closer together so every square inch is productive.