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Gardening: Aim high for raising crops; Hannah Stephenson has practical advice on growing fruit and vegetables.(Features)
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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March 12, 2005
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Byline: Hannah Stephenson
F you are busy sowing fruit and vegetables now, but have limited space in which to plant them, there's a lot to be said for creating a raised bed, especially if you have poor soil.
Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields, near Stratford-upon-Avon, where filming of the show takes place.
Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas that are actually going to be used for growing and, in theory, need much less cultivation because they are never trodden upon and don't become compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years and explains all ...
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