Fill a raised garden bed on a budget with these money-saving tips and techniques. Raised bed gardening can be an excellent solution for properties with poor soil, drainage issues, and other problems.

The best fill materials for raised garden beds are the ones that can decompose on their own, like twigs, leaves, straw, and more. Starting your raised bed with a layer of cardboard or newspaper can ...

Growing vegetables or flowers in raised beds gives you the opportunity to create a perfect environment for your plants. You want to ensure the contents of your bed is of a good enough quality for your ...

Raised garden beds are a good way to get started gardening, save your back, and maybe get more veggies. This week's question starts with the soil. Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In ...

Gardeners, we have experienced what I would consider a fantastic week, leading this gardener to believe spring may have arrived a bit early this year. Be mindful if you choose to plant early and be ...

If you're looking to start a raised garden bed in your yard, there are several things to do. One of these important tasks is to decide what you are going to use to fill the planter box with. These ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last week we explored the three basic ingredients that make a good soil for raised beds: compost, filler (such as peat moss or coconut coir), and grit (often vermiculite or perlite) ...

Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit the presence of weeds in beds, and are easier on the body as they require ...

ROCHESTER — Successful gardening is all about the soil. Plants, like people, need healthy, nutritious food to grow. My family and I built raised bed garden boxes for vegetables because I am a true ...

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 ...

Once you've done all the work of constructing raised garden beds, filling them with all that soil, and growing beautiful crops all season, it can be heartbreaking to think about winter coming along ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. There are a few different types of raised garden beds, but I think the type most ...