Gardeners' Dirt: Pressure treated lumber in the garden - Victoria Advocate

Gardeners' Dirt: Pressure treated lumber in the garden Victoria Advocate Master Gardener Ed Gregurek helped design and provided most of the physical labor in the construction of raised beds in the vegetable garden at Victoria Education Gardens. Here, he is working on the handicap-accessible beds designed to accommodate ...

Best bed on good foundation - Langley AdvanceNews

Best bed on good foundation Langley AdvanceNews Some of the best-drained beds are those with builder's rubble in the base. A North Vancouver gardener had his sloping lot leveled on the downhill side, then had enough rocks to create a raised bed on the uphill side. Small boulders, bits of brick, ... and more »

Browne: Warm temps bring interest growing produce - Opelika Auburn News

Browne: Warm temps bring interest growing produce Opelika Auburn News Build a raised bed. Extension Publication ANR-1345, “Raised Bed Gardening,” has information and sample plans on how to construct this popular form of gardening. In some cases where the soil is very poor, soggy or even nonexistent, raised-bed gardening ...

In the Garden: Square-foot gardening is a popular strategy - The Wenatchee World Online

In the Garden: Square-foot gardening is a popular strategy The Wenatchee World Online A compact garden that produces lots of food — that's the concept of square-foot gardening. Let's shorten the name to SFG. Coined by author Mel Bartholomew more than 20 years ago, it's basically dividing raised beds into foot-sized increments and ... and more »

McCREARY: Gardening in raised beds - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

McCREARY: Gardening in raised beds Santa Rosa Press Democrat By ROSEMARY McCREARY A labor-saving tip that I recently came across suggested consolidating crops in raised beds to reduce our gardening workload. The idea isn't new and it does have merit, but gardening in raised beds still requires effort. and more »