Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just getting started, planting in raised beds is an excellent way to control weeds and maximize your growing space.
Beyond being a great landscaping idea, it can also help extend your garden’s season, since soil in a raised bed will stay warmer for longer. And it’s a great way to start a vegetable garden if your soil isn’t in the best shape.
Raised beds can be as humble or creative as you like. A raised bed planter can be a permanent fixture for perennial plants to settle in and mature.
The initial cost of getting your raised bed set up will depend on how elaborate you make it, but once in place, raised beds are no more expensive to maintain than traditional gardens. They offer a lot of benefits.
Raised bed gardening involves growing plants in soil that is higher than the ground. Most commonly, you can do this with some type of enclosure or frame made of wood, stone, bales of hay, or even repurposed material like old dressers.
