The Garden Vs. The Dog: How Raised Beds Can Help

We do not have raised garden beds in our yard, and as a result, our dog digs our garden up. Vegetable garden, flower garden, she is no discriminator of garden beds. Now that garden planting time has arrived, I'm plotting a yard of raised garden beds to frustrate her dog garden digging habits. Utilising the garden to train my dog isn’t my only motivation for building some raised garden beds, though.

I am hoping the raised garden beds will not only do the trick of teaching the dog which part of the garden is not open to muddy reworking but also aid me in saving on mulch and compost in my garden. Prepping my garden beds for planting is not as rewarding as planting each vegetable in neat garden rows, so saving a little time on that piece is convenient , too. Not that prepping raised garden beds does not require planning carefully, of course, I will have to build the raised beds, for starters. But once they're in place in the garden, I should be able to use the raised garden beds for a few years.

Not just that, but the raised garden beds also offer a weed and grass barrier. I haven't got curtailing around my garden, so the grass has a tendency to grow into the garden beds and contend with my plant seeds. And of course weeding a garden is an incessant battle, so if building some raised cedar beds now will save me pulling weeds in the hot August sun, I'm happy to build!

Right now I have plenty of space for a garden, but raised garden beds are a smart way to take advantage of any garden space. Raised beds can be built over existing soil, but they do not need to be. If your sole garden option is a patio or concrete area, you can build raised garden beds over them and have a plant garden in the middle of the town. Having a raised bed is also a great way to mark garden beds for planting – it’s straightforward, for instance, to recollect from one year to the following which plant grew well in which garden area. Raised garden beds can also stop your plant garden from becoming a mass of unidentifiable vines. A plant like zucchini that's prone to taking over garden space is simply contained by the wall of a raised garden bed.

Maybe it’s impractical thinking, but I am imagining a summer full of easy (well, comparatively straightforward) gardening once those raised garden beds are established, and a wonderful weed-free vegetable crop. Not to mention a break from refilling holes of every size and re-planting the tomato garden after the dog has pulled them out. I'm banking on the raised garden beds being a digging deterrent – if not, I will have to build a dog run, as well , which is again extra effort. Still, it seems one or two building projects early this spring will save me gardening problems over a long period.

The Garden vs. The Dog: How Raised Beds Can Be helpful.

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