Loading…
28
My neighbor's 14 year old grilled me about my raised beds and I'm still thinking about it
We were standing over the fence last Saturday while I was pulling weeds. His kid walked over and asked why my vegetable beds were so high off the ground. I said it was easier on my back. He said, "But the bugs and worms can't get in from the dirt, so doesn't that make the soil dead?" I honestly had no answer. I've had these cedar beds for maybe 5 years now, built them 3 feet tall on legs because of my knees. I always just dumped in bagged soil and added compost every spring. But he's got a point, my tomatoes have been okay but never great. My pepper plants always look smaller than the ones my neighbor grows straight in the ground. Has anyone else dealt with this and switched back to ground level, or do you just add more worms and stuff manually? I'm kind of shook that a kid figured out what I've been ignoring for half a decade.
1 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In1 Comment
benlewis1mo ago
Honestly raised beds can still have great soil if you add worms and compost tea.
4