What is a raised bed? Everyone defines a raised bed a little bit differently. It has been my experience that the semi-permanent raised beds of market gardeners, like Eliot Coleman and JeanMartin Fortier, work great in high intensity systems, utilizing manual labor over tractors. Even if you aren’t growing from market, I have still found that semi-permanent raised beds are great low-cost way for beginning gardeners to get started. This season, I’m dedicating my backyard garden to showing how home

Instead of leaving garden beds bare, cover them with mulch this fall.🌱🍂 Mulching with leaves or low-growing plants protects roots from the cold and enriches your soil. Learn how to enhance your garden’s health through the colder months with horticulturist and author Fluent.Garden. Produced in association with CBC Creator Network. #mulching #mulch #fallgardening #fallgardenprep | CBC Life

Filling a raised garden bed with a mix of things to keep it cheap! Bulk soil/compost will always be the cheapest option outside of making all of your own compost. But most of these ingredients are available at big box stores and they're just a hoping off point so we can get some berries established in the winter for a spring harvest! Grow what you can with what you've got! Vegega Garden | From The Garden