This combination of images provided by Adrianna Birnbaum show a base layer of logs used in creating a raised Hugulkultur bed, from left, a layer of garden debris and twigs used in creating a raised ...

Yes, using logs and other organic matter to fill your raised garden beds or planters is excellent! Using logs, sticks, ...

Gardeners have been creating hacks and tricks for thousands of years. This German technique dates back to the Middle Ages, ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Hugelkultur is a funny-sounding German word — which ...

We seem to be stuck in a somewhat dreary weather “holding” pattern of sorts, it’s Southeast Texasnormal for late winter! Afterwards, the “icky” days (clearly not a meteorological term) are followed by ...

Raised garden beds offer advantages over traditional in-ground gardening, especially for those with soil issues or limited mobility. When selecting the best materials, consider factors like rot ...

Growing in raised beds can be a convenient method for overcoming challenges associated with in-ground gardening, such as poorly drained soil, rocky soil, heavy-clay soil, contaminated soil or ...

Over the past few years, there has been a new trend in backyard gardening: raised beds. In particular, modular, coated-metal raised beds have become incredibly popular. And for many good reasons, as I ...

It all starts with a vision! Hopefully you have a plan, or at least an idea, for the functionality of your summer garden beds! A safe time to plant those summer vegetable seedlings is around tax time, ...

If you’re used to planting vegetables and herbs in raised beds, you might be buying copious amounts of compost and organic topsoil to fill them. AP gardening writer Jessica Damiano says there’s ...

I don’t have a giant property, so I strategize to get the most use of the garden I have, and that includes planting vegetables and herbs in raised beds and containers. I’ve been growing edibles in two ...