A woman tending to small plants in a raised garden bed - Carlofranco/Getty Images That sinking feeling when your once-thriving vegetable garden starts to slow down and produce smaller harvests is ...

We know it's tempting to cut corners when you're starting a raised bed garden, especially considering how expensive bagged soil can be these days. Not to mention that every time you open your phone ...

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, ...

A hugelkultur system is an excellent way to harvest and recycle any woody materials and organic debris around the garden.

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 ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

What are the advantages of raised beds? Better Drainage: A raised bed permits plant roots to develop in soil held above water-logged, potentially contaminated, or compacted sites. You can easily ...

Control freaks (guilty!) can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s ...