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Originally we used the mental flames to raise the floor for gardening.

Experienced gardeners use raised beds to sidestep a long list of gardening challenges. These controlled experiments in plant parenthood are so easy, in fact, that they're also well-suited to novices picking up a shovel for the first time.

Bad dirt is out, because you fill a raised bed with a customized soil-and-compost blend. Drainage is built into the bed walls, which hold the soil in place to keep erosion in check. Greater exposure to the sun warms the bed, which allows more plant diversity and extends the growing season. Plants can be spaced closely together, so yields go up, water-use efficiency is maximized and weeds are crowded out. Finally, raising the soil level by even a foot reduces the back-bending effort needed for jobs such as planting, weeding and harvesting.

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gardening Beyond the ease is the control—as you grow your favorite foods, you feed and soak your plants with just what they need for optimum growth.

A raised bed is most productive and attractive as a bottomless frame set into a shallow trench. The sides can be almost any durable building material, including rock, brick, concrete and interlocking blocks.

Watering troughs or claw-foot tubs can work, as long as they have the capacity and drainage.

But by far the most common material for raised beds is lumber. The major caveat, since raised beds are often used to grow edibles, is to steer clear of wood preserved with toxins. Avoid creosote-treated railroad ties; opt instead for naturally rot-resistant cedar or redwood. The EPA considers wood infused with alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) to be safe for food crops, but if you use this pressure-treated wood you may want to line the bed interior with landscape fabric—an air-and-water-permeable screen—to prevent soil contact. Whether using pressure-treated or naturally rot-resistant wood, put the bed together with galvanized or stainless screws or bolts.

Raised bed gardening is becoming one of the most popular ways to garden due to a variety of benefits to the gardeners and those who simply want an easier way to garden. Raised bed gardening is also more efficient in fertilization and water conservation. Garden pests are also easier to control in raised beds than those without it, making your gardening experience less stressful and more enjoyable. Most importantly, it provides more production per square foot of space giving you an almost unlimited amount of room to garden. Raised beds are simply perfect for anybody who has a passion for gardening.

Raised beds are great for areas that have poor water drainage, rocks, or poor soil. It never gets compacted and the extra height by piling it with soil, allows the garden bed to warm up more quickly in the spring. However, if you want something more permanent and sturdy, you’ll want to frame your raised beds. And if you have trouble bending, you can raise your raised bed to a convenient height. Here are several options for creating raised beds, from building it yourself to having it delivered to your yard.

We offer a vast variety of raised beds constructed with all natural material such as cedar wood, cedar log, willow, and bamboo. All raised beds are chemical free, no stain or paint is used to minimize chemical contamination.

Key Features ● Bamboo are sustainable materials. ● Our bamboo raised beds can be extended with an increment of 36" length sections. ● Easily expandable with 3' section add on's. ● Plastic zip tie is included for easy installati ●

Where soil is poor and drainage inadequate, Raised beds make it easy to create areas of fertile, well-drained soil. They save considerable time and money, too.

It's cheaper than installing a drainage system and then trucking in topsoil.

You also can fill raised beds with a soil mixture that meets special needs.

Coupled with precise drainage control, you can grow rhododendrons, azaleas and other plants that are fussy about their root environment.

Raised beds elevate plants to a convenient working level, making them easier

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gardening Raised beds elevate plants to a convenient working level, making them easier to tend and enjoy. They're great for vegetable or cutting gardens.

For those who can't bend over or must garden from a wheelchair, raised beds are a particularly good idea. Make sure the area between beds is wide enough and hard enough for easy movement.

Raised beds are a boon in low-maintenance schemes, too. They keep plants organized. They confine soil, dead leaves and other debris within their borders. And they reduce the work of cleaning the yard. Weed control made easy, just make sure you cover the area where you are going to build the bed with a layer of black plastic landscape fabric and make sure you punch a few holes to help trainage.

Many attractive landscape designs use raised beds, separated by expanses of detailed paving, to reduce maintenance. These designs can enhance your home and garden and give you the time you need to enjoy both. Raised bed can be

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and garden and give you the time you need to enjoy both. Raised gardening bed can be constructed with materials that are strong enough to hold the content of the bed, cedar wood, bamboo and even willow make attractive raised bed.

By having permanent bed structures, decorations such as trellises and fences can be permanently installed, too. This allows you to build them of durable materials such as cedar, cypress or redwood.

There are many reasons for the Raised beds revival. But probably the most important is more production per square foot of garden. Raised beds don't require the usual space between rows because you don't walk in the bed to cultivate or harvest.

Another reason for greater production is improved soil conditions. Soil compaction can reduce crop yields up to 50 percent. Water, air and roots all have difficulty moving through soil compressed by tractors, tillers or human feet.

Plows, tillers or spades are the usual answers to this problem. But gardeners can avoid the problem by creating beds narrow enough to work from the sides.

Organic matter can be increased greatly without getting bogged down, because raised beds drain better.

Raised beds also help when compaction isn't the only culprit. Homeowners may have low spots unsuited for conventional gardens because of ponding or excessive erosion from runoff. Raised beds rise above these, with frames as a foundation. Gravity becomes an ally, not only in avoiding soggy soils but in using a problem area. We have exclusively design a rooftop raised bed for city urban gardening and greening your rooftop, rooftop raised bed cost a lot less than the traditional full scale green roof which involved with the structural evaluation and extensive construction of growing medium.

The gardener shares some benefits from Raised beds as well. First, and most important, is that timely planting and harvesting are easier. Most people avoid working traditional gardens in rainy weather to avoid compaction and muddy feet. But raised beds are designed for walking around, not in. So there's no reason for mud to delay operation.

Spaces between beds may be left in sod, mulched or even paved with stone or brick.

Pest control becomes easier in raised beds, too. If burrowing rodents abound, line the bottom of the bed with poultry wire or hardware cloth. Discourage rabbits and groundhogs by placing their favorite foods in a framed bed with a low fence.

Beds' narrow dimensions even make it practical to suspend bird netting on flexible conduit frames. You can control weeds with plastic mulch economically, since the width of the bed can be spanned by one roll.

The narrow beds help save water, too. Several watering systems ensure the water gets only where it is needed. Canvas soaker hoses, perforated plastic sprinkle hoses and drip-type irrigation disperse water in a long, narrow pattern well-suited to beds.

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gardening There’s plenty of obstacles to creating a great garden. Slopes cause erosion.

Bad soil is expensive to amend. Tree roots prohibit digging. Plus knee and back problems can make it difficult to get in the garden (or get back up!).

Raised beds can solve all of these problems and more. Wood is a popular choice for building plant boxes because it’s fairly inexpensive, readily available, and lasts quite a few years. But you do have to choose carefully to avoid contaminating the soil and find a eco-friendly

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Raised bed's for large bamboo ?? will_3June 7, 2006 I understand it is not ideal but I must restrict the area I allow for clumping bamboo.

The Plan: I want to plant some varities of tall clumping bamboo... oldhamii or black bamboo or Golden Hawaiian, wamin or buddah's belly or whatever.

Bed Design: I was going to use two 2x8's or two 2x10's or two 2x12's to make the raised beds so the top would be 16" or 20" or 24" above the ground. The boards would be held in place by pressure treated 4x4's that were 2 or 3 feet into the ground. I was going to put a 4x4 support every 4 feet long the raised bed. The bed would be about 70 feet long but only 4 foot wide... maybe a little less... maybe a littlem

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bed. The bed would be about 70 feet long but only 4 foot wide... maybe a little less... maybegardening a littlem more.

The Wish: I hope to create a thick privacy hedge as tall and as thick and as quick as possible.

Understanding: I understand that bamboo, even clumping bamboo doesn't like to be resitricted but in this case it is either restrict it or don't have it.

Questions: - How tall must I make the wall around the raised bed to keep the bamboo from growing under it?

- When it expands to the edge/wall of the bed will triming it back 6 inches on each side keep the bamboo healthy and happy?

Thanks for any comments and help.

Raised Beds Lift Any Garden From good old-fashioned wood garden boxes to modern metal troughs, raised beds can make any landscape space look great Danyelle Mathews March 13, 2012 Designing a lovely life with five children in tow. ...More

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I'm not sure if you're feeling it quite yet in your neck of the woods, but where I live, spring has sprung.

Trees are beginning to bloom, the sun is shining and the hardware stores are pulling out the seed packets and planting supplies. All this gets me in the mood to plan our garden and prepare for the growing season.

Garden boxes are a simple way to add dimension to your yard while growing your own vegetables. They can be made from various materials and can fit into any landscape. Read on to see how horse troughs and wooden boards can spice up your landscape — and your kitchen.

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