The Spokesman-Review

In the Garden: Best weeding tools are your fingers, but mulching and other things can help

Let’s have a quick show of hands: Who enjoys weeding? It looks like nobody does. The only redeeming quality I find in the job is that it slows me down long enough to check on the plants that I’m ...
The News-Messenger

Master Gardener: Now's the time to prepare the garden for winter

Here are some ideas for preparing your raised beds for winter. Take apart containers, put watering cans and décor items away, and drain your hose, pulling weeds and spent plants, applying winter mulch ...
The Spruce on MSN

Should You Cover Raised Garden Beds All Winter? What Gardeners Recommend for Better Blooms

Key Points Winter covers protect raised beds and help replenish soil cost-effectively.Insulating covers shield beds from harsh winds, snow, and freezing temperatures.Use materials like straw, burlap, ...
Coeur d'Alene Press

Smart and sustainable ways to use fall foliage in your garden

Let’s explore a few ways to save money and harness nature’s bounty for mulch, leaf mold, composting, and supporting our ...
Dengarden on MSN

How to Winterize Your Raised Garden Beds Before the First Snow

Most gardening experts suggest winterizing raised garden beds as soon as the first light frosts hit and gardens go dormant.
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Surface mulch helps when during summer planting

Q: We won’t move to Las Vegas until after June 1, and I am excited about using a raised bed. I’m guessing that’s too late to start a salsa garden, so what are my options? Wait until next spring?
Post and Courier

Don't sleep on raised garden beds

Over the past few years, there has been a new trend in backyard gardening: raised beds. In particular, modular, coated-metal raised beds have become incredibly popular. And for many good reasons, as I ...
The Virginian-Pilot

RAISED BEDS

I’VE ALWAYS FAVORED RAISED BEDS – BOXED OR UNBOXED. OVER 30 YEARS, I’VE GARDENED AT EIGHT DIFFERENT HOUSES, EACH OFFERING GOOD AND BAD SOIL, SUN AND SHADE AND PLANTING SPACES THAT VARIED FROM AN ...
Cleveland.com

From flooded to fried: How to help your raised bed garden survive more wild summer weather in Northeast Ohio

Speaking of fungus, weeks of rain followed by blazing sun and humidity is a recipe for powdery mildew and other fungal diseases, especially on tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Prevention is the best ...
The Spokesman-Review

In the Garden: Raised beds offer bountiful benefits

What: Garden columnist Susan Mulvihill will share the benefits of gardening in raised beds, the best materials to use, and the specifics on growing vegetables in them. When: 9 a.m. to noon March 16 ...
Chicago Tribune

Trees can be surrounded by flowers, mulch in your garden — but not raised planters. Here’s why.

Would you like to dress up your tree with a garden around it? That’s fine — as long as it consists of compatible plants in the ground, and is not a raised planter. Raised planters are a common sight ...