Raised garden bed - what is it and why would you have one
If you’re a gardening enthusiast, then you might have heard of the term, ‘raised garden bed’.
So, to begin with, a raised bed garden is exactly what is sounds like. A garden upon a ‘raised bed’. People tend to raise sections of there gardens, rather than the whole garden. To raise the garden beds people tend to utilize things like large containers, or pots. Troughs are also a favorite, as they provide a longer length for the gardener to work with. Raised gardens can be made out of wood, bricks, metal or any other material you have laying round.
There are generally three reasons why you would go in for raised bed gardening,
1. Purely to do with aesthetics, in that you like how a raised garden bed would look in your garden.
2. If you find it difficult to bend down, or stand for long periods when gardening, then the raised garden bed is also ideal for you.
3. You may wish to consider a raised garden bed if you have soil and drainage problems that you just can’t overcome easily, in your normal, ground level garden.
Raised bed gardens are attractive, and easy to maintain, with the added benefit of being able control exactly what goes into your soil mixture, and how much water you use when watering your plants.
You also have the ability to control burrowing rodents, weeds, and unwanted feet trekking through your beds.
When building raised garden beds remember to allow a path between each bed for a wheelchair, stool to sit on or the wheel barrow.
