When it comes to starting a vegetable garden, there are a lot of factors to consider. For example, you need to decide if you're going to try growing vegetables from seed or which gardening techniques ...

January is a great time for Marin County gardeners to prepare raised vegetable beds for the upcoming growing season. Amending the soil in winter months ensures that the beds will provide vegetables ...

So many factors have a stake in how a vegetable garden grows, from sun exposure to soil quality to daily temperature, making it tough to know what can actually take root in your yard—not to mention ...

Raising your own vegetable garden doesn't have to be expensive. Build some affordable raised beds for your yard, patio, or ...

This is the first episode in our growing food in small spaces series and it shows how to build a raised garden bed made from ...

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 ...

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 ...

• The soil warms up earlier in the spring. • The garden can be prepared more quickly in the spring. • The soil stays loose because you walk around the bed, not across it. This is great for growing ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Growing vegetables in a raised bed has many benefits including ...

Warm summer weather has arrived after our cool spring. Rain last Sunday was welcomed by area residents. We returned home last week after a vacation, and I was delighted to find the pine straw mulch in ...

All the benefits of raised garden beds, from soil control to accessibility, plus ideas for adding one into your yard. So many factors have a stake in how a vegetable garden grows, from sun exposure to ...