A minimum depth of 12 inches is good for most herbs and shallow-rooted vegetables. For root crops like carrots or potatoes, ...

Even when garden stores have soil or mulch on sale, it still costs a lot of money to fill a raised garden bed with the stuff.

Sheet mulching with cardboard is the secret to fewer weeds and fuss-free plant-bed prep.

Raised plants allow you to ensure the beauty of your garden is right in front of you when you place plants at eye level.

In raised garden beds, spacing is much tighter than in conventional ... which makes it more difficult for weeds to grow. However, this type of close spacing only works if the soil is rich and has been ...

I recommend raised beds for the vegetable garden, but you don’t have to build ... Start before the weeds get big. Perennial weeds such as dandelions or thistles will already have deep roots.

With winter behind us, we gardeners look forward to planting in spring, deciding on preferred vegetables and flowers and where to plant them for the best possible results. We purchase from garden ...