Whether filling in new or old beds and containers, you’ll want to know the recipe for success. A soil calculator keeps the guesswork away, telling you exactly how much soil, mulch, or compost ...

To support your trellis, you need a solid base. If you have an old raised garden bed, you can repurpose it by adding legs. Jacob used logs to create legs for his raised bed, lifting it off the ground.

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 ...

Raised garden beds are a good way to get started gardening, save your back, and maybe get more veggies. This week's question starts with the soil. Every other Friday on Morning Edition ...

If industrial-strength pallets don’t come your way and you’re not up for a woodworking project, reader Mark shared his success constructing five raised beds out of cinder blocks stacked two ...

A question for Dan Gill: I have just built a 4-foot-by-8-foot raised garden bed. I will be using it for vegetables. What type of soil and how much do I need for that size garden? -- Lula Young ...