"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Gardening is one of those activities that allows us to express the full range of our creativity, and the ...

A series of raised garden beds painted white and planted with chili peppers, bell peppers, kale, sunflowers, marigolds, and chard bring a cottage garden look to this backyard. The beds’ design ...

You walk outside with your morning coffee, ready to check on those tomatoes that were almost ripe yesterday. Instead, you ...

Raised beds can make gardening easy for a number of reasons. They warm up faster in the spring, they are easier to weed and maintain, and they give a garden a nice, organized look. Also, the soil does ...

If industrial-strength pallets don’t come your way and you’re not up for a woodworking project, reader Mark shared his success constructing five raised beds out of cinder blocks stacked two high ...

Since gardens are never really finished, I'm happy to report that I finally have my new, large raised-bed vegetable garden prepared to the point of being able to add plants. The final step was ...

A raised bed gives you the opportunity to grow vegetables, flowers, herbs and berries in perfect soil rather than hard clay or rocky soil you may have in your yard. Raised beds also are less strain on ...

Since gardens are never really finished, I'm happy to report that I finally have my new, large raised-bed vegetable garden prepared to the point of being able to add plants. The final step was ...