Do you want to discover raised bed gardening? Then keep reading...
Raised bed gardening is an almost simple way for gardeners of all levels of experience to grow their own fresh fruit and vegetables, all year round. Unlike traditional gardening (in-ground), raised bed gardening can use much less space. It is also a great alternative for those who have imperfect land, rocky soil, poor drainage or perhaps have physical limitations that prevent them from bending, crouching and working difficult soils.
Traditional gardening generally involves the gardener working directly in the soil at their disposal in the backyard. Some of us are not lucky enough to have rich, easy-to-transform and simply nutrient-filled garden soil for your plants to thrive on. Rocks, clay and poorly draining soil are just some of the obstacles that may prevent you from growing that fresh fruit and vegetable garden.
The solution is to build, start with fresh soil that meets all your needs and have much better control over your garden.
Regardless of the size of your family or gardening experience you have, raised beds offer you the opportunity to grow an amazing selection of fresh products.
This book covers:
- Choosing suitable building materials
- Benefits of raised beds
- Keeping weeds away
- What to add to the soil
- Protecting the raised garden
- Tricks and secrets
- Planting
- How to seed, transplant vegetable crops through raised beds
- Combinations for companion planting
- Common mistakes to avoid
- What curious minds want to know
- And more.
The concept of raised beds is not something new; for centuries it has been a widely used technique by gardeners and farmers. It has been proven that the idea of piling soil to grow healthy crops has high success rates for a range of crops that otherwise may have difficulty in existing soil.
Raised bed gardening is quite unique in that the level of soil in the beds can be anywhere from a few inches higher than natural soil, to several feet high for a raised bed that doesn't require bending for access.
The soil contained within the beds is generally no wider than 4 feet, which allows for ease of maintenance and accessibility. As with all gardens, to maximize your production, your raised beds should be...
