Watering raised garden beds

Weeding, amending and cultivating the soil are important steps for preparing garden beds for planting vegetables. Find information on vegetable garden soil preparation, including details about the best soil for garden beds, tips on organic garden soil amendments, and how to prepare soil for planting vegetables.

My mother in law Pam, recently asked how I made the garden beds in my veggie patch. This is the story of how I did it! In late April 2007, I began to plan an organic vegetable garden for one side of our house. We had a garden (if you could call it that), that [Continue Reading …]

This DIY elevated planter box is raised up off the ground, so you can have your fresh foods AND save your back and knees this summer!

Garage door insulation is a fairly easy project for most homeowners to DIY. Read on to learn how to insulate a garage door yourself.

If you garden at all, you need a DIY potting bench! Yes, you could transplant those seedlings on the back patio, and you could re-pot all your houseplants on a newspaper covered dining table instead of a potting table. But why? We have instructions for some great DIY outdoor potting benches anyone can make.

Create a countertop herb garden with this 15 minute craft. Clay pots and a cedar fence picket are turned into a beautiful kitchen herb planter. Use it for a beautiful indoor herb garden or as a fun tabletop garden for your patio.

Would you like a garden bed that needs less water and maintenance than a conventional garden bed? Try a wicking bed where water moves upwards from a reservoir at the bottom through to the top, watering the roots of the plants from below.

This step by step diy woodworking project is about counter height garden box plans. I have designed this waist height garden bed so you can create an area in your backyard where you can grow your vegetables and other plants.

Discover 25 DIY raised garden beds that you can make for your backyard, using corrugated metal, wood, galvanized metal and more!

You don't want to have the door to open onto your favourite herb bed or just where that little bush will grow into a huge bush. You, naturally, may choose whatever plants you prefer. Herbs, as an example will increase perfectly.

Create a countertop herb garden with this 15 minute craft. Clay pots and a cedar fence picket are turned into a beautiful kitchen herb planter. Use it for a beautiful indoor herb garden or as a fun tabletop garden for your patio.

Create a countertop herb garden with this 15 minute craft. Clay pots and a cedar fence picket are turned into a beautiful kitchen herb planter. Use it for a beautiful indoor herb garden or as a fun tabletop garden for your patio.