Setting up your first raised bed garden? With help from YouTube
gardening star CaliKim, you'll soon be growing your own fresh, organic
vegetables, herbs, and flowers like a pro.
Whether your yard is big or small, raised beds are the perfect fit.
They allow you to create a controlled growing environment, filled with
fertile soil, where plants thrive. Raised beds help gardeners overcome
rocky or less-than-ideal soils, there's little to no weeding
involved, and they can be as large or as petite as you'd like. You can
even use an elevated or mobile raised bed if the only sunny space
you have to grow is on a patio, deck, or driveway. In The First-Time
Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening, you'll learn how to select the best
raised bed for your space, what to fill it with, and tips for
staking and trellising plants to save space and improve yields.
Additional advice found inside includes:
- DIY plans for building quick-and-simple beds
- Info on the best soil mixes for filling raised beds
- How to mulch, water, and fertilize your new garden
- Illustrated planting plans to help you determine how many plants
fit in each bed
- Step-by-step project plans for unique raised bed trellising
systems
- The best beginner-friendly crops to get you started
- How to maximize production from a small raised bed garden
- Tips to get growing in a way that won't leave you feeling overwhelmed
halfway through the season
Raised bed gardening is perfect for beginners, as long as you have a
pro like CaliKim sharing her essential know-how and cheering you
on to veggie-growing victory.
This book is part of The First-Time Gardener's Guides series from
Cool Springs Press, which also includes The First-Time Gardener:
Growing Plants and Flowers and The First-Time Gardener: Growing
Vegetables. Each book in The First-Time Gardener's Guides series is
aimed at beginner gardeners and offers clear, fact-based information
that's presented in a friendly and accessible way, including
step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout.
