Article: Stretching the food budget. (feeding a large family on a small budget)

Article: Raised bed an option when native soil not ideal
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Other than being plant-friendly, a raised bed has at least two distinct advantages ... height. Another advantage is that a raised bed is a defined area within the landscape ... the property. But the big reason for a raised bed is to grow nicer plants, be they annual ...

Article: Building a Raised Bed.(Dig This, Dig That)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... number of reasons to grow vegetables in a raised bed: 1. In the Northwest, veggies like ... growing season. 4. In urban yards, a raised bed is tidy and attractive, and may fit ... contaminated with arsenic and lead. A raised bed that is high enough will keep your plants ...

Article: A STEP UP RAISED-BED GARDENING PERFECT SOLUTION FOR ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Other than being plant-friendly, a raised bed has at least two distinct advantages ... bending over. Another advantage is that a raised bed is a defined area within the landscape ... the property. But the big reason for a raised bed is to grow nicer plants - annual flowers ...

Article: How to build a raised bed.(Brief Article)
Countryside & Small Stock Journal;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... hands. There are two ways to build a raised bed. The impatient gardener will buy a truckload ... compost pile, they will top off the raised bed with its rich soil and plant their seeds ... other crop residues across one end of the raised bed. Then, scooping up some soil next to ...

Article: TOWN AND COUNTRY; RAISED-BED GARDENS OFFER MANY ...
Dayton Daily News;  April 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... during three years in a raised bed at Dawes Arboretum near ... via percolation. In a raised bed, gravity reduces percolation ... producing for more than just family or friends, raised beds ... guidelines to remember in raised bed construction. * Keep ...

Article: RAISED-BED GARDEN MAKES A UNIQUE GIFT
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 18, 1999 ;     685 words ... ... great, especially in pond settings. Raised-bed gardens are also popular for vegetables ... the gift of manual labor to create a raised bed is doubled because it saves the gift ... a small collapsible shovel. Given a raised bed filled with rich, organic, ready ...

Article: Raised bed gardening: requires less time, results ...
Countryside & Small Stock Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Bartholomew. He gave several reasons for raised bed gardening, including: producing up ... fertilizer, and confines water to the raised bed. I wasn't sure I believed all this ... frame. Remember, never walk on your raised bed. (Fig. 2) [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The ...