When you decide to build a garden from scratch, you'll quickly find yourself facing some big decisions. For one, should you plant in the ground or build raised beds? And if you go with raised beds, ...

Choosing the right wood for your raised garden beds is no small matter. Depending on what wood you go with, you could enjoy your raised beds for many, many years to come - or discover that you have to ...

Does the type of lumber used in making a raised bed for growing vegetables matter? I was hoping to recycle some lumber, but what I've collected is painted and may or may not be treated. Does the age ...

The raised garden bed is not a new concept. It’s likely raised beds were originally used to deal with poor or rocky soil, poor drainage, erosion and soil compaction. And those are still important ...

You don’t need a sprawling lawn to be a gardener. Any outdoor space — be it a balcony or small patch of grass — can be home to a raised garden bed. Though useful for all gardeners, they’re especially ...

In this video, I show how I fix a broken raised garden bed that had buried logs and wood in the base (Hugelkultur) and I also show you our new plant prepping area. Self Sufficient Me is based on our ...

I got a good recommendation for raised beds from Greg Williams, an architect in Lake Oswego (there's something about architects I trust; perhaps because my grandfather was an architect). Anyway, ...

At a recent environmental conference sponsored by a group called Beyond Pesticides, I attended a workshop on wood safety. About 50 people were gathered for this workshop, which presented alternatives ...

Q: Our new home has raised wooden beds in the vegetable garden that we want to plant. I'm assuming the wood was treated with preservatives to keep it from rotting. Do I need to worry about it ...

Greenes Fence’s wooden raised beds come in over a dozen shapes and sizes, letting you choose the style that best fits your property. All beds can be assembled without tools — their walls slide into ...