Some tips on building raised veggie garden beds

Raised garden beds allow you to make a nice deep loamy soil base for growing vegetables. They are also great for drainage. Image © JK Henshaw.

Once you’ve decided where your vegetables are going to grow, it’s time to prepare the garden bed. If you are interplanting (putting herbs and vegetables among other plants in an existing bed), you’ll need to make sure that the garden bed has been well dug over to remove weeds. . . . → Read More: Some tips on building raised veggie garden beds

Introducing the ‘No-Dig’ vegetable patch

Layers of compost, manure, newspaper and mulch keep the weeds at bay and promote healthy growth. Image © JK Henshaw.

Many gardening books diss the ‘no-dig’ method and refer to this as lazy gardening. Who wants to spend hours every week weeding? Throw the mulch on and go have some fun with the kids. When you have finished your raised garden beds it is possible to easily establish a ‘No-Dig’ garden. . . . → Read More: Introducing the ‘No-Dig’ vegetable patch

How a lick of paint can transform a garden

Mother and son painting the shed

At the risk of sounding like a Martha Stewart wannbe (I do love Martha!), I must confess there is a strange satisfaction in transforming scraps of furniture, leftover materials and scrappy outbuildings with a lick of paint. . . . → Read More: How a lick of paint can transform a garden