Garden bed

Build Your Own DIY U-Shaped Raised Garden Bed

This step by step diy project is about diy raised garden bed plans. I designed this large U-shaped raised garden bed so you can grow vegetables and flowers in your own backyard. The garden bed is built using 2×10 beams and 2×2 posts. Make sure you don’t buy treated lumber and don’t apply toxic treatments … Read more

Growing Lavender in Garden Beds for Beauty and Fragrance

Lavender is one of the most beloved herbs for gardens. With its aromatic foliage and gorgeous blooms, this Mediterranean plant adds beauty and fragrance wherever it’s planted. While lavender thrives in warm climates, it can also grow well in colder areas if given the proper conditions. When incorporating lavender into garden beds and borders, there … Read more

what is the best wood for a raised garden bed

The only thing better than enjoying the produce from your garden is planning your garden. I could spend hours looking through seed catalogs, checking out the latest garden equipment, drawing maps of what my garden might look like, and, naturally, thinking about the best type of wood for raised beds. After all, you want something … Read more

The 5 Best Tools for Edging Garden Beds

I once heard a radio interview with the person at NASA who recruits candidates into the astronaut program. At one point in the interview the host asked the expert a simple question, “What qualities make someone a good potential astronaut?” Now with such a question I expected a long treatise on the engineering brain, the … Read more

15 Creative Ideas for Raised Vegetable Garden Beds

Raised beds can be as humble or as elaborate as you would like. The benefits of raised garden beds include better soil drainage, easy access to plants, portability, soil customization increased soil control, and also the ability to keep weeds and pests at bay. You can easily DIY raised beds from recycled materials you might … Read more