Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening

One of the most popular used methods of growing vegetables could be known as raised bed vegetable gardening.  This method of gardening can make growing vegetables simple, and can bring in a abundant harvest.

Here are some advantages of raised bed vegetable gardening.

Advantage 1.  Makes Better Use Of Space

A major advantage that raised beds have over a traditional garden it has better use of space.  In traditional gardens people usually plant in rows, almost  half of your garden space is taken up by the paths between rows! 

That’s a lot of wasted space.  But if you plant in raised beds, you save a lot of space, and you can plant more per square foot than you could in rows.  This means you can harvest a lot more produce from the same amount of space.

Advantage 2. Easier To Have Good Soil
 
In a traditional garden, you have to mix your compost in with your tilled soil.  This means you have to first use a tiller to loosen the soil. 

Then you have the back-breaking task of turning the compost into the soil.  This can take a very long time, and is very hard work. With raised bed gardening, you can simply use compost as your soil! 

You can choose to till the soil underneath your raised bed, or you can leave it alone.  Most plants will grow without the tilling of the soil underneath.  Then you can just fill your raised bed frame with compost and plant directly into it.  It’s certainly much easier than turning compost into existing soil.

Advantage 3.  Not As Many Weeds

Another fantastic benefit of raised bed gardening is the fact that you don’t have as many weeds to deal with.  Since the soil you place on top is generally fresh compost or soil mix, there shouldn’t be as many weed seeds in it as there would be in tilled soil.  Any weeds that do make it into your garden are easily spotted and pulled out.

Raised bed gardeners often find caring for their gardens much easier.  With fewer weeds and plants that are closer together, gardening becomes a pleasure rather than a chore.  It’s a great way to get more produce out of the space you have available, and it’s generally easier, too.

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