Planting Beds
Plant lettuce by poking holes in the soil with your finger at 6 intervals and sprinkle a few seeds into each hole.
Planting beds. When preparing a garden bed for planting it is helpful to know the root depth of vegetable crops since this has a bearing on where you may decide to plant certain crops and how deeply the soil is prepared. For example in our garden we may plant shallow rooted crops like lettuce in beds where the subsoil has more clay and does not drain well. The depth of soil in your raised bed also affects your plant choices.
The enclosed space and elevated design makes your garden harder to reach for critters and pests. A raised garden bed provides drainage so your plants don t get their feet wet. While many plants need at least 12 inches of soil to grow well others like lettuce and annual flowers like pansies sweet alyssum and dwarf marigolds can thrive in as little as 6 inches.
It s a small investment for big returns. Planting in beds is essentially the same as planting wide rows. Plant seeds for vining crops that spread out such as squash melons or cucumbers in hills or circular groups.
In essence a raised bed is a massive planting box. The key is anticipating the heights colors textures and mass of all the various plants. Once the seeds germinate thin to one seedling per hole.
Adding edging to your garden beds full of annual flowers and perennial flowers makes them look more polished helps keep mulch in place and boosts curb appeal. That s why we ve rounded up the best gardening edging ideas here. While your bed might not look like much when it s first planted in a few months it will be much fuller taller and more colorful.
It doesn t sound like much when it s described like that but it solves a lot of problems. A raised planting bed is a large planting box or enclosed garden bed that s elevated slightly above ground level. The most important step to planting a new flower bed is to visualize the future.
Plants in raised beds may be spaced a little closer together because fertilizer and manure can be concentrated in the small gardening area.
