Gardeners do less bending and stooping with raised beds, so tasks like weeding, watering, and replanting are much easier on the body. It is also easier to control soil texture, fertility, and tilth, and pests can be repelled by adding gopher wiring beneath the beds and copper barriers around their edges. Discover the wide variety of methods and materials for making raised beds, and the best dimensions, spacing, types of soil, and irrigation to use. Also learn about Hügelkultur, an age-old European method of using woody material and compost to create planting mounds. Toward the end of the workshop, we will tour the Master Gardeners edible garden, which contains examples of several different kinds of raised beds.

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