A Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Is Fun and Healthy
Rearing herbs in containers on a window sill is often done by people at home; it gives you the “right” greens out of season. The problem is: you can’t really grow vegetables in small plant pots so why not consider learning how to build a raised garden bed? You can eat your own fresh produce!
What is a Raised Bed Garden?
Raised bed gardens are gardens built on top of the soil on your property, usually encompassed by wood or stone on the four sides, or sometimes earth. As your plants develop the roots go down through the bed into the soil that was already there. This is a clear boon for those wanting to grow produce in regions with poor soil.
Building a Raised Bed Vegetable Garden
If you’re wondering where to start, I would look at a book on the subject. Not a huge expensive tome-there are one or two books on Amazon that you can download for under three dollars and you can learn the basics. Look for something that gives step-by-step instructions in how to create your own raised vegetable garden using cheap materials, and you can go ahead and build your own garden bed.
Some gardeners do it on the cheap and use hay bales to enclose their garden. You can do that but your garden bed will probably only last a year. Wooden frames last longer, and most e-books or garden sites will talk about constructing a bed from cedar or pine. (Stone will of course be more long-lasting, but wood will do.)
Or you can order from the site that sells the easy-to-assemble units for this purpose. The first way of building raised beds involves some elbow grease,but with it comes satisfaction; you would need to acquire the right stuff to build your raised bed:wood, bricks, cement, stones.
The second option is to use the frame-it-all units which come in complete packs and you just need to screw them together and install them in your patio area or the garden. These units are made of composite wood that does not rot easily and they are light and compact enough for small or big gardens.
There are numerous benefits to having a raised bed vegetable garden. It will add structure and beauty to your garden and make it a whole lot easier to water your plants. Also the raised bed garden drains perfectly, but because of the nature of the garden bed you should employ drip irrigation or a sprinkler.
Another solid benefit is that you can choose which vegetables to plant, you see them growing up before your eyes and you can pluck them any time they are ripe. You save quite a bit on vegetables that you would normally buy from your local store. Having a raised bed vegetable garden is also a good excuse for the family to work at something together and have fun!
Harvest the produce after about two months,when the tomatoes and beans have swelled nicely and rest lazily in their vines or pods waiting to be plucked. A week later you can plant again and start growing a whole new batch of vegetables for your needs.
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