A raised garden bed is a freestanding structure usually constructed of wood sides about 1 to 2 feet above the ground and can vary greatly in area.
Filling raised vegetable garden beds.
Compost is the ultimate soil.
Filling raised beds with compost.
Filling your raised garden bed.
In this example i filled my raised garden bed practically.
Build a trench around 8 12 inches deep and about 1 2 feet down the middle of the raised bed.
Build a trench for the core.
You should use native soil from your yard if possible since this will be best for your plants.
These steps can be used whether you have an existing raised bed or you are filling up a new empty raised bed.
Now that we have a better idea of the types of materials we want to add to our raised beds it is time to fill them up.
If you can t use native soil purchase a nutrient rich mixture from your local gardening store.
Aside from sometimes adding bulk soil to the bottom of our deepest beds there is no other fillers at the bottom.
Regardless of size multiple raised gardens should be spaced at least 18 inches apart to make it easier to walk in between beds.
In this video i show how you can fill a raised vegetable garden bed and save money on soil costs.
However if grass is growing in between.
Yep our beds are 100 full of all this good stuff.
The problem with compost is getting it cheaply in enough quantity to fill a raised garden bed.
Just how the roots.