BDN reporter Sam Schipani works with Byron Hale, volunteer property manager of the Bangor Community Garden on Essex Street, to prep her raised bed garden for winter in October 2019. Credit: Linda ...

When you use links on our website, we may earn a fee. With gardening's popularity rising over the last several years, more people are experimenting with raised garden beds instead of traditional ...

and spacing in raised garden beds. The right size for a raised bed should be 3 to 4 feet wide and however long your garden can accommodate. The number one rule for selecting a size is to ensure ...

A raised bed garden sits on top of your existing soil. It consists of a frame, usually wood, filled with rich soil. A 4-foot by 4-foot ... designed for raised beds can also be purchased to ...

A raised bed garden sits on top of your existing soil. It consists of a frame, usually wood, filled with rich soil. A 4-foot by 4-foot ... designed for raised beds can also be purchased to ...

While you’re there, keep an eye out for mulch from tree branches and garden-quality straw to lay at the bottom of your raised bed, underneath the soil. To get free mulch for lining raised beds ...

And if you’ve been toying with the idea of bringing home a raised garden bed to upgrade your outdoor space, now is the time to use that green thumb to hit the ‘add to cart’ button.