Raised garden beds are an excellent way to overcome the challenges of poor soil as well as a great way to add interest and dimension to any landscape.
Raised garden beds are built on top of the native soil, usually contained in a structure on some type to keep the bed intact. Raised bed gardens offer several advantages:
- They warm more quickly in spring, so you can get to working the soil and planting earlier.
- Starting with clean, fresh soil, allows you to avoid the problems associated with native soil. Such as dormant weed seeds and pests.
- You get better drainage with a raised garden bed.
- The soil doesn’t get compacted in a raised bed because it is easily worked.
- You can easily tailor the soil in a raised bed to the plants that you wish to grow.
- After the initial construction, raised beds require less maintenance than conventional beds.
- They are great for gardeners with limited mobility because they are built higher than ground level.