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GARDENING - Raised Bed Gardening!
#7: In the series of 10 Reports!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[1] An Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening
[2] Why Raised Beds Make Gardening Easier
[3] Creating a Raised Bed Garden
[4] Choosing Plants for a Raised Bed Garden
[5] Maintaining a Raised Bed Garden
Raised Bed Gardening
Raised bed gardening is the method of growing plants in beds that are raised up off the ground. Typically, large rectangular boxes are fashioned out of large lumber, such as 4x4s. The boxes usually don’t have bottoms, so plant roots can grow down into the underlying soil.
Raised bed gardening is great for people who have little space, because plants are compacted into a much smaller area than they would be in a traditional garden. In traditional gardens, the path between rows takes up about as much space as the rows of plants! But raised bed gardening can help change that.
Even if you do have a lot of space, you might prefer growing in raised beds so you can grow more in the same amount of space. Raised beds can often double or triple the amount of produce harvested from an area of land!
Flowers aren’t generally grown in raised beds, because they don’t look very natural. Herbs and vegetables are more commonly grown in raised beds. Raised bed growing was created not only to save space and produce more from the same space, but also to help people who have very poor soil.
If you live in an area with very bad soil, you can simply buy a very high quality potting mix and place that in your raised beds, and you instantly have much better soil than you did before! It also has the added benefit of reducing weeds, making for less work overall.
Pros:
Great for people with poor soil.
Boosts production from the same amount of space.
Can make certain plants easier to grow than normal.
Cons:
Can still be challenging for people who aren’t physically capable.
A bit expensive to set up at the beginning.
By now you should already have a good idea of what type of gardening you think might be right for you. You have probably eliminated some possibilities, and you may have seen a couple of clear winners emerge.
If you’re still not settled on a particular type of gardening, you might start with one of the more simple forms of gardening like herb gardening or container gardening. This will be an easy way for you to tell whether or not you even enjoy gardening, whether you’re physically and mentally able to handle it, and how much time you have to devote to it.
By starting out small, you’ll have time to adjust to everything, and you’ll be able to decide just how much more you think you’re willing and able to handle.
Published by Dunway Enterprises
Author Ken Dunn
Copy Right 2012
http://www.dunway.comGARDENING - Raised Bed Gardening!
#7: In the series of 10 Reports!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[1] An Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening
[2] Why Raised Beds Make Gardening Easier
[3] Creating a Raised Bed Garden
[4] Choosing Plants for a Raised Bed Garden
[5] Maintaining a Raised Bed Garden
Raised Bed Gardening
Raised bed gardening is the method of growing plants in beds that are raised up off the ground. Typically, large rectangular boxes are fashioned out of large lumber, such as 4x4s. The boxes usually don’t have bottoms, so plant roots can grow down into the underlying soil.
Raised bed gardening is great for people who have little space, because plants are compacted into a much smaller area than they would be in a traditional garden. In traditional gardens, the path between rows takes up about as much space as the rows of plants! But raised bed gardening can help change that.
Even if you do have a lot of space, you might prefer growing in raised beds so you can grow more in the same amount of space. Raised beds can often double or triple the amount of produce harvested from an area of land!
Flowers aren’t generally grown in raised beds, because they don’t look very natural. Herbs and vegetables are more commonly grown in raised beds. Raised bed growing was created not only to save space and produce more from the same space, but also to help people who have very poor soil.
If you live in an area with very bad soil, you can simply buy a very high quality potting mix and place that in your raised beds, and you instantly have much better soil than you did before! It also has the added benefit of reducing weeds, making for less work overall.
Pros:
Great for people with poor soil.
Boosts production from the same amount of space.
Can make certain plants easier to grow than normal.
Cons:
Can still be challenging for people who aren’t physically capable.
A bit expensive to set up at the beginning.
By now you should already have a good idea of what type of gardening you think might be right for you. You have probably eliminated some possibilities, and you may have seen a couple of clear winners emerge.
If you’re still not settled on a particular type of gardening, you might start with one of the more simple forms of gardening like herb gardening or container gardening. This will be an easy way for you to tell whether or not you even enjoy gardening, whether you’re physically and mentally able to handle it, and how much time you have to devote to it.
By starting out small, you’ll have time to adjust to everything, and you’ll be able to decide just how much more you think you’re willing and able to handle.
Published by Dunway Enterprises
Author Ken Dunn
Copy Right 2012
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