Backyard raised garden

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Last spring, I decided it was time to start a vegetable garden. The only problem? My backyard soil was hard and full of rocks. That’s when I stumbled upon the idea of building a raised garden bed. It seemed like a perfect solution, but honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought of constructing something myself. I worried it would be too hard or that I’d need special tools I didn’t have. I started looking online for guidance and found a variety of raised garden bed plans. Some were…

Learn which three mistakes you should avoid when building a raised garden bed in order to find long-term success for your kitchen garden.

Kitchen garden installation pictures are beautiful and inspiring. See some of the best before and afters from kitchen garden designer Nicole Burke.

For the last 5-10 years gardening with raised beds has seemingly been the most popular method of backyard gardening. It has been purported to solve…

Since the space in a 4 x 8 raised bed garden is limited, there are some things to consider to ensure that you maximize the space available to you.