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Raised Bed Gardening

May 19, 2022 · 30 min · Season 5 · Episode 20 · 29.0 MB
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Gardener and author CaliKim joins us from southern California to talk about growing vegetables in raised beds.


Grow Vegetables in Raised Beds

Raised beds can have a number of advantages:

  • Soil warms more quickly in spring
  • Less back and knee strain
  • A solution for locations with less-than-ideal soil


How to Make Raised Bed Gardens

CaliKim says that raised bed gardens don’t have to be a box or a square. “Think outside the box,” she advises. 


A raised bed garden can be tailored to the yard and to the gardener. That could mean: 

  • A shape suited to the location
  • Choosing materials that tie in to the style of the garden
  • A mobile unit to be place wherever there is available sunlight 

“You have to make it fit your situation.”