Q: I'm building a 4-by-4-foot Square Foot Garden this year and have a few questions. What do you fill your boxes with? I think Mel's Mix is a little expensive. How many types of compost did you use?

woman's gloved hand holding garden trowel of soil over a raised bed - Corinna Kern/Getty Images Raised bed gardening aims to solve many of the challenges gardeners face when starting out, giving you ...

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 ...

Fill your raised beds with well-draining, nutrient-rich soil for better vegetables. Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, ...

Design raised beds to fit your needs. They don't need to conform to any specific shape. (OSU Extension Service) CORVALLIS, Ore. - It's a lucky gardener who digs into great soil right off the bat. Most ...

Becoming a home gardener with raised beds is like being the chef of your own backyard buffet, and using the right soil (and the right amount of soil) is just as important as buying the right groceries ...

Just in the past couple of days, I’ve had three different people on three separate occasions tell me they are building or are planning to build raised beds to garden in this year. None of the three ...

Fix a raised garden bed that's falling apart with these simple solutions. Whether your raised garden is built from wood, stone, metal, or cinder blocks, raised bed gardens need regular maintenance to ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Growing vegetables in a raised bed has many benefits including ...

If you don't have a raised garden bed, you are missing many golden opportunities for better gardening. It will produce more vegetables per square foot of garden. It doesn't require the usual space ...

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 ...