Comments on: Building Raised Beds For an Organic Garden

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:05:45 +0000

organic garden will reduce global warming in the future

By: Tim F-W

Tim F-W — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:50:23 +0000

You rock. World needs more souls like you.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:45:09 +0000

Daren,

I am not an expert, but I was looking around and read that plain, untreated cedar is a good material for building raised beds. It starts out reddish and becomes silver/gray over time. I know you’re not supposed to use painted or treated wood that can leach into the soil. I’m starting to contemplate building a raised bed myself. I hope I can do it!

By: daren emery

daren emery — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:44:35 +0000

What is the most nontoxic, inert material to frame (enclose) a raised garden bed? Where can I purchase this material? Thank you!

By: rebecca

rebecca — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:00:45 +0000

TIP: To avoid the weed-filled garden bed, mulch it heavily after you’ve harvested everything. I usually put a huge pile of raked-up leaves on the garden beds in the fall. You can also mulch with straw. Not only does this prevent weeds from growing, it also keeps the rain from sapping minerals from the soil. (It also gives you something to do with all those leaves.) The leaves slowly decompose and can simply be turned into the soil in the spring. This is MUCH easier than having to pull all those weeds before you can even work the soil.

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:49:53 +0000

Our garden is sort of raised But we were suckers and did the digging of sod business. I couldn’t convince DH we could just do the newspaper/compost/peastraw layers and leave it. So I made him do most of the digging.

It’s nice to see I’m not the only one who has a weedy garden!!! But I am getting stuff out of it still. Greens and herbs mostly now it’s autumn here.

Loved the Kingsolver book.

I’m giving away some eco bags on my blog at present