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Raised Garden Beds
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
Basics of Making a Raised Bed
How-to’s After Frame is Built
Layer
• Cardboard
• Pea gravel
• Wood chips
Soil
• Compost
• Worm castings
• Organic soil
• Coir
• Vermiculite
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
Harvesting!
• Amazing amount of
produce from a small
area
• Use of succession
planting increases
harvest

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Raised garden beds power point (2)

  • 2. 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
  • 3. Basics of Making a Raised Bed How-to’s After Frame is Built Layer • Cardboard • Pea gravel • Wood chips
  • 4. Soil • Compost • Worm castings • Organic soil • Coir • Vermiculite
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Harvesting! • Amazing amount of produce from a small area • Use of succession planting increases harvest