Raised beds with covers

Want to learn how to cover a raised garden bed to protect your crops from pest or extend your growing season? Check out this post with helpful tutorial.

Planting season is upon us, so let me tell you a little story of how this garden came to be. When we bought a house last year, I failed to inquire about the summer weather, thinking it would be just as warm and clear as it was on our open house day. NOPE. Instead, I encountered summers full of chilly fog and harsh winds, much to the dismay of my aspiring green thumb.

For your inspiration, here is a gallery of some of our beautiful raised beds and protective hutches. We use redwood ... keep reading

Victory Garden LA's Raúl Fernández builds raised beds with critter covers, raised beds with legs, and everything else you can dream of. Here, he walks us through the basics.

As you know I have been growing a lot of our own food in garden beds at home. I have 5 large and 2 small raised garden beds on rotation which all had nets covering them. Unfortunately I have these little guys to the right visit me most nights while we are sleeping who think…

Our enclosed raised bed is looking KICKASS! Now just the outter strapping needs to go on (mostly cosmetic, to cover the ends of the wire mesh) and we’re golden. Another killer original design…

Last spring, I decided it was time to start a vegetable garden. The only problem? My backyard soil was hard and full of rocks. That’s when I stumbled upon the idea of building a raised garden bed. It seemed like a perfect solution, but honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought of constructing something myself. I worried it would be too hard or that I’d need special tools I didn’t have. I started looking online for guidance and found a variety of raised garden bed plans. Some were…

When creating new raised garden beds, you want to choose your materials wisely. Here's how to layer raised beds with cheap materials that are easy to source. Get your raised beds ready this fall to use in the Spring and get a head start!

This Cheap and Easy Raised Bed Cover protects from Pests, Wind, Frost, Sun Damage, and Everything else that can damage your Garden.Thanks for the kind words ...