Excess water around the roots Just like pots have holes in the bottom to allow the water to exit, make sure your raised beds allow for the water to leave as well. Adequate Drainage Just like the ancient civilizations you want to make sure your raised beds allow for excess water run off. Phelps said he has been gardening via raised bed methods for over 2 decades and here are the tips he suggested to increase your harvest`s success.
Mr. No, I don't believe he was the Olympic gold swimmer but hey you never know. One reply to my posting on our vegetable gardening fan page on Facebook was from a gentlemen by the name of Michael Phelps. After seeing this program I wanted to get some ideas and methods that other vegetable gardeners use in their own raised bed vegetable gardens, so I asked around.
Sometimes, and even I am at fault for this, we think that methods we use today were invented or started by our generation when in fact they are just variations of methods developed a long time ago. Some cultures would raise up their gardens so the excess water would drain away from the roots of the plants which they found helped grow healthier plants. I was fascinated to see that gardening via raised bed methods dates back in some history books to ancient civilizations. I was watching the history channel the other day on cable television and as luck would have it they were showing a program on the history of raised bed gardening.
Mr. No, I don't believe he was the Olympic gold swimmer but hey you never know. One reply to my posting on our vegetable gardening fan page on Facebook was from a gentlemen by the name of Michael Phelps. After seeing this program I wanted to get some ideas and methods that other vegetable gardeners use in their own raised bed vegetable gardens, so I asked around.
Sometimes, and even I am at fault for this, we think that methods we use today were invented or started by our generation when in fact they are just variations of methods developed a long time ago. Some cultures would raise up their gardens so the excess water would drain away from the roots of the plants which they found helped grow healthier plants. I was fascinated to see that gardening via raised bed methods dates back in some history books to ancient civilizations. I was watching the history channel the other day on cable television and as luck would have it they were showing a program on the history of raised bed gardening.
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