Raised - Bed Gardening

Raised bed gardening is a garden built on top of your native soil. It can be contained with soil amendments merely piled several inches high. It is also the savior of gardeners with poor soil. The basic idea of a raised bed is that instead of battling against poor soil conditions, you build above ground, where you have absolute control over the soil texture and ingredients.

Steps in making raised bed gardening:
1 Select the proper site of the garden in accordance of the variety of plants you are planting.
2 Decide the size and the shape of the garden you are planning.
3 Once you know the size and shape of your bed, you can get to work prepping the site.
4 Using rot-resistant lumber such as cedar or one of the newer composite lumbers, construct your bed.
5 Using a level, make sure your frame is level in all directions. This is a necessary step because if your bed is not level, you will have a situation where water runs off of one part of the garden and sits in another. If part of your frame is high, just remove some of the soil beneath it until you have a level frame.
6 The whole point of a raised bed garden is that it gives you the opportunity to garden in perfect soil. Take this opportunity to fill your bed with a good mixture of quality topsoil, compost, and rotted manure. Once they're filled and raked level, you're ready to plant or sow seeds.