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How to Line a Raised Bed Garden






Run A Raised Bed Garden?

When constructing raised beds, make the width of the bed 4 feet or less, to provide good access to the plants. For taller crops, such as pole beans or caged tomatoes, an east-west axis can work well, especially if you plant the lower-growing plants on the south side where they'll get maximum sunlight. It isn't essential to frame a raised bed. You could frame a raised bed with bricks, cement blocks or rot-resistant wood such as cedar or locust. Because you fill the bed with soil, it's loose and well-worked, unlike the soil in a level garden plot, where soil compaction can decrease yields by one-half.


Equal parts peat moss, garden loam and compost or well-rotted manure make an excellent soil mixture that improves drainage and provides nutrients for growing plants. Water raised beds frequently, as they dry out quickly in the summer sun.

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