Raised Garden Beds

Executive Summary by: Anthony Tripodi

Raised Garden: If you want a great vegetable garden you need to use raised garden beds. Raised beds are great for growing healthy, productive vegetables and flowers and they’re easy to make.

raised bed garden

Does pressure treated wood leach chemicals into the soil? The old pressure treated lumber (CCA) is preserved with a process that uses arsenic. The new improved pressure treated wood (ACQ) replace CCA pressure treated wood a few years ago. You have to use stainless steel screws with CCA wood. I think I’ll avoid all pressure treated wood until some long term studies are done.

Naturally rot resistant woods like cedar and redwood are great for building raised beds. If you plan on growing vegetables or flowers in your yard this year, why not try growing them in raised garden beds.

Perfecting the Raised Garden Bed

Executive Summary by: Eric J. Smith

While some plants do well in damp moist conditions, most plants require good drainage. Unfortunately, many plants don’t cope as well. Damp conditions can kill plants if drainage is not corrected. Also check that the plants won’t conflict with other plants in the area.

A raised garden bed can help with drainage for plants requiring less water.

If water is still in the hole after the end of the second fill test, most plants will not cope under these conditions.

I prefer to raise a garden bed with a dug edge. No border materials are required and if properly maintained will look attractive in most garden situations.

Sleepers, Bricks or other similar material is often used for this type of raised garden bed.

Place some pea straw thickly on the bottom of the raised bed. Raised beds are perfect for Vegetable garden beds or Annual beds in an open area.

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