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Setting the standard in home gardening
Cedar Gardens is all about what is often referred to as "raised-bed" and "container" gardening, a quality handcrafted raised garden bed that is as durable and functional as it is beautiful. Cedar is naturally at home in the sun, rain, heat and cold and contains natural preservatives that resist decay and insect damage. Cedar Gardens is the other side of green. Q: How did you get into making raised cedar garden beds? A: My wife, Roxanne, is an avid gardener. Four years ago, Roxanne mentioned a number of times how she wanted raised garden beds for a vegetable garden. Unfamiliar with the concept, I let it go in one ear and out the other. However, her persistence won out, so we set out to track down and purchase some raised garden beds. After a bit of shopping around locally as well as the Internet, we still hadn't found a product we liked. For the most part we came across products made of composite or plastic and the cedar beds that we did find just didn't look like they were up for the task of gardening and all were limited to 12 inches or less in height. Desperate to get her vegetable garden planted, I set out to build my own raised garden beds. Q: What are the advantages/disadvantages of planting in a raised bed? A: There are numerous advantages to planting vegetables, flowers and herbs in a raised garden bed. One of the biggest benefits is that you can produce two times as much, or more, per square foot as you can with a conventional garden because there is no need to allow room for walking in and about the garden. Here in Colorado, gardeners are often faced with poor soil conditions, making it less than ideal for planting. Opting to plant in a raised bed completely eliminates this obstacle, allowing for complete control over the type of soil. Other key benefits are saving your back by not having to stoop or bend; they ease drainage problems, help to keep pets and critters out, allow for a longer growing period and stop any soil compaction because you’re not walking in your garden. Lastly, raised beds allow for even the smallest of yards to enjoy gardening. A potential disadvantage to raised garden beds is that it can be harder to work the soil deeply in a raised bed. Digging compost or fertilizer into the top few inches of soil is a breeze, especially as the soil tends to be nice and loose to begin with. But working with a shovel can be an act for a tight-rope walker, especially if the bed is over a foot high. However, a good soil mix should eliminate the need for deep digging. To add nutrients, compost can be laid over the top of the bed in spring and fall; worms will do the mixing work. Slow-release fertilizers can be mixed with the compost in fall or dug into the top few inches of soil in spring or between crops. Liquid fertilizers can also be applied as foliar sprays. In other words, deep digging shouldn’t be necessary. http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090511/BUSINESS/ |
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