If you have been thinking of starting a vegetable garden, consider building or buying a raised bed. Raised beds are popular for a variety of reasons. They drain faster than typical garden beds due to ...

From rustic to modern, the raised garden bed ideas for growing vegetables and flowers are nearly endless. Although plenty of kits you can buy and assemble are available, you can also opt for DIY ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...

According to Guy Clark, there are "only two things that money can't buy, and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." Luckily for us, it is homegrown tomato season. Tomatoes are the No. 1 plant found ...

Know what kind of tomato plant you're sowing—determinate tomatoes need less space than indeterminate varieties. Determinate tomato varieties do better in containers or raised beds because they do not ...

For those looking to create a long-lasting, nourishing, and healthy plant bed in their gardens might be interested in the age-old practice of hugelkultur, or mound culture. It refers to planting ...

A raised container bed delivers all the benefits of traditional gardening without the back pain that can come from squatting or kneeling. Getty Images / Getty Images/iStockphoto Growing fresh veggies ...

Layer these materials on the bottom of your raised beds to reduce weeds and other garden problems. Raised gardens are typically filled with a rich, raised bed soil mix made of sand, compost, and ...

Have you struggled with gardening directly in the soil of your front or backyards? You’re not alone. While Sonoma County soil is ripe with nutrients that enable ...

According to Guy Clark, there are "only two things that money can't buy, and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." Luckily for us, it is homegrown tomato season. Tomatoes are the No. 1 plant found ...