Henry Taylor - Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners

RAISED BED GARDENING

For Beginners

The Complete Guide To Build Your Own Raised Bed Garden

By:

Henry Taylor

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INTRODUCTION

VEGETABLE GROWING IN RAISED BEDS

R ecently, the popularity of raised beds for growing fruit and vegetables has increased. Still, I've found that many people want to start growing this way without knowing the benefits and disadvantages. The lack of understanding of the fundamental concepts contributes to bad design and the inability to make the most of the system.

HISTORY OF RAISED BEDS FOR VEGETABLES

T he idea of raised bed raised dates back to medieval times, where beds would usually be lined with wattle fences. Moving forward 500 years or so, the 18th-century Parisian market gardeners developed their plots using the abundant horse manure off the pre-motor vehicle town and compost. Eventually, the depths of the topsoil were well over a meter, even two meters!

Nevertheless, the idea of a raised bed, as we know it today, became popular in the early 1970s, when the design was to dig over a bed to a deep, fine tilt that was mounded between pathways. Because the bed was a rounded, there was extra surface area to grow and this, coupled with higher density planting, increased yield.

The golden rule was not to step on the ground, only the paths that stopped the soil from being compacted. When developed, the only digging was the regular cultivation, weeding and harvesting of root crops.

Sadly, heavy rain would wash the soil from the field onto the paths, and planting would have allowed the soil to spread to the paths that had thwarted the purpose of the exercise.

Converts to deep raised beds soon switched to walled sides of their deep bed, losing the advantage of the additional area, which was not much but retained the stability of walled construction.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BUILD YOUR OWN RAISED BED GARDEN

E ven if you don't have a lot of time to garden, you can still have a healthy vegetable garden, no matter the size. Why is that? Start with a raised bed. It is the shortcut to a good crop, also in the first year. Here's the reason:

GARDEN EVERYTHING: Attractive cedar beds are an asset to your landscape. Build perimeter gardens, spice up your entry, grow food in your front yard and screen an eyesore.

MORE FOOD IN LESS SPACE: You can bring the plants closer together so that every square inch is productive. Yet small-scale gardening methods, such as succession planting and vertical supports, ensure that every square inch of the room is used.

PLANT EARLIER: Excess water drains better, and the soil warms up faster in spring than in-ground beds. Specialized covers and garden fabric help you get started sooner.

BETTER SOIL: A healthy vegetable garden is dependent on good soil. With a raised bed, you start fresh with the ideal blend of soil even if the soil on your site is poor.

FEWER WEEDS: Since the raised beds are densely planted, weeds have little room to grow. And when they find space, it's easy to pull them out of the loose, rich soil.

EASIER PEST CONTROL: It is easier to control insects and to exclude animal pests than long rows of gardens. Beds with row fabrics or special covers can be easily covered.