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Raised Garden BedsC.G. Arnold
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Raised Garden Beds
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Why a Raised Bed?• Ease of use• Aesthetically
pleasing• Easier to weed• Intensive planting• Best to use in
Urban settings • Good for people
with limited amount of space
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Basics of Making a Raised Bed
How-to’s After Frame is BuiltLayer
• Cardboard• Pea gravel• Wood chips
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Soil
• Compost• Worm castings• Organic soil• Coir• Vermiculite
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Planting!
• Using a raised bed allows you plant a lot of plants in a small area
• Intensive Planting• Companion Planting• Succession Planting• Extending the Growing
season by building a hoophouse over the raised bed
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Harvesting!
• Amazing amount of produce from a small area
• Use of succession planting increases harvest