When considering when to start your garden, tradition might tell you that Autumn and Winter are desolate seasons, and your gardening hobby has to be tabled until the Spring. However when you are planting in raised garden beds, nothing could be further from the truth. No matter where you live, these late seasons still have many advantages to offer when it comes to starting and maintaining your garden. In fact, Winter is the very best time to prepare your garden for an abundant season in the…

Raised beds are great in the garden but expensive to fill. Here's how to fill a raised garden bed for cheap- so you can save money on soil!

If you're considering starting a raised bed garden, there are a few things you'll want to avoid in order to ensure success. In this article, we'll cover some of the most common mistakes people make when starting a raised bed garden, so you can be sure to avoid them. From choosing the wrong location to planting too closely together, we'll help you steer clear of the pitfalls that can ruin your raised bed garden.

By putting in various layers of things like cardboard, mulch, yard clippings, and soil, the "lasagna gardening" method provides weed-free garden beds.

Are you ready to start a new raised bed garden? Have you purchased all the necessary materials and are now wondering just how to fill it? Look no further! With this handy guide, you'll be able to successfully fill your raised bed and create the perfect growing environment for your garden plants. Follow along as we take a step-by-step approach to properly filling your raised bed with the right materials, in the right order, to ensure your plants thrive!

Sam | More than Gardening on Instagram: "Filling my 7 wood raised garden beds like this right now! Next on the list is to build/assemble my metal raised bed, fill that, and get all the grow bags & pots filled up with soil & compost. The garden is really start to take shape & I can’t wait to get everything planted over the next 6ish weeks! What are you working on this week?? #garden #gardening #raisedbed #raisedgardenbed #howtofillaraisedgardenbed #morethangardening #reels #explore…

Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "👉🏼✨Comment GARDEN and I’ll send you a list of the best, most affordable carbon and nitrogen sources to use while building a lasagna garden. 🌿🥳 We love using a hybrid lasagna garden method (inspired by the hugelkultur method) to fill our raised bed gardens. As you can see in the video, layers of brown (carbon) and green (nitrogen) materials are placed directly into the garden beds. The soil is enriched as the layers begin to compost over…

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.

Hugelkultur, a German word meaning “mound or hill culture," is the process of layering organic garden waste inside the raised garden bed using large rotting logs, sticks and other debris to create a flourishing environment that improves soil quality, requires minimal maintenance, and has better water retention. Check out the link below for more information!

Before you get excited about building a raised garden bed in your backyard, you'll need to figure out what type of material will work best as the bottom layer.