Even if you've been saving inspiration images of raised bed gardens for months, coming up with a raised bed layout for your own space requires both aesthetic and practical considerations. "Designing a ...

From left: Bob Hawkins, Nicole Pramik, and the author at The Farm at Okefenokee. What do I put on the bottom of a raised garden bed? Design your raised bed garden layout to maximize sunlight and layer ...

It is no surprise that raised garden beds are becoming increasingly popular, and learning the best layouts for your raised beds will maximize growing space. Raised beds have many advantages over ...

Whether you have a large or tiny space, you can design a vegetable garden to grow fresh produce. There are many different layouts for vegetable gardens, from vertical gardening to raised beds to ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

When planning a new garden, getting the layout right pays dividends immediately and over the long term. A good garden layout makes the space more attractive and functional and can help reduce time ...

Look out your window: You may see frozen ground or wet, early-spring weather, but believe it or not, now is the time to start planning your vegetable garden layout. And don’t worry, there’s no need to ...

Growing in raised beds can be a convenient method for overcoming challenges associated with in-ground gardening, such as poorly drained soil, rocky soil, heavy-clay soil, contaminated soil or ...

Control freaks (guilty!) can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s ...

This clever DIY tidies up the unpleasant appearance of your garbage bins and at the same time creates more garden space. Here ...