Raised Bed Gardening

2009-09-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

Raised bed gardening is one of the more efficient methods you can use. Benefits include

an efficient use of space
easy to implement.
suitable for organic gardening.
great for growing vegetables.
great for segmenting your garden.

You don't need a lot of gardening tools or to purchase many gardening supplies. The first thing you can do to implement a raised bed garden is to plan exactly what you wish to grow. It is usually better to separate fruit from flowers and also to keep vegetables separate, this worry each raised bed can be concentrated on each plant type so as to maximise crops.

You can get plenty of gardening tips from places like the national home gardening club but I have found that other sites such as Construction High Raised Bed For Gardening contain lots of practical steps and advice.

First of all you should prepare the site by combining premium garden soil with plenty of organic garden mulch. The sides of the bed can be constructed of timber or concrete or whatever you decide will suit your garden style best. This may take some time because you will need to be sure that the organic matter breaks down sufficiently prior to any planting. If you use prepackaged mulch then of course you can plant almost immediately.

I find that bed height is ideally set at around 30 cm or 12 to 15 inches. This will allow you to build up to a much higher level than this with more mulch which will rot down into the bed.

To be weed free is a relatively simple matter too. If weeds do develop, then you should simply cover them with lots of old newspaper and water at quite heavily so it flattens right down into the soil. This can be covered with more mulch and left 4 to 6 weeks after which time weeds will have disappeared.