Saturday, June 30, 2012

Video - Organic Gardening in Raised Beds

This quick video explains why raised bed gardening is so helpful for your organic garden, from creating great soil to controlling weeds and maintaining soil moisture. Raised beds also can offer easier harvesting of your yummy organic veggies. You can create raised beds simply as he demonstrates in the video, or design a more lasting structure from planks (be sure to use untreated wood, as wood treated with chemicals can leach into your soil!), or stones, concrete blocks, or other materials.

Vegetable Gardening : Growing Organic Vegetables in a Raised Bed Garden
Raised beds are great for organic vegetable gardens because they are soil-focused and allow a healthier, fluffier soil for the plants to rely upon. Use compost in a raised bed to improve soil structure with help from an organic farmer in this free vi...

Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments:

Post a Comment