Caring for a raised bed - How to enjoy a rich harvest for a long time

A raised bed offers many advantages. The Comfortable working height protects the back and makes gardening possible even with physical limitations. In addition, the natural rotting and the exposed location provide warmth and thus a Significantly longer planting and harvesting season . This is why raised bed care also differs from dealing with normal vegetable beds. Find out here how to care for your raised bed.

There is one thing you should consider right at the beginning: A raised bed is a temporary bed . The various layers inside rot similar to a compost heap and release heat and nutrients in the process. After about six years a cycle has ended and the bed has to be rebuilt. While you are carrying out this part of the raised bed care, it is a good idea to check the foil that comes with each of our raised bed kits for damage and replace it if necessary. From the outside, you can also maintain the raised bed and apply a new protective coating. Finally, fill the raised bed again with twigs, shrub cuttings, green cuttings and leaves as well as soil so that you can continue to use it carefree for the next six years.

Hint! If you don't want to replace the soil, you can care for the raised bed like a normal bed. After six years, the additional heat disappears because the rotting process is complete. The plants need fertiliser regularly, as no new nutrients are released.

We'll show you, what it is in what season arrives. Caring for a raised bed is easy if you follow the following tips:

• Spring: If you Maintain the raised bed for the first time in the year in spring , remove the winter cover from coarse compost, bark mulch or straw. Pluck any weeds that may be present and loosen the top layer of soil . Once the bed has subsided, fill in the soil. Now the Start sowing . Check the soil moisture regularly, Raised beds due to the strong heat development more water than normal beds .
• Summer: Also in this phase watering and weeding the maintenance of raised beds. Also, enjoy the first fruits of your labor and plant new crops.
• Autumn: Autumn offers the ideal start if you want to care for a raised bed. Now is the best time to to create a new bed or to renew an existing one . ​​​​​​​Thanks to the uniform temperatures from below you can also harvest in autumn late vegetables such as pumpkin or lamb's lettuce.
• Winter: If frost persists, the season ends for many plants in the garden. To maintain the raised bed, cover the surface with coarse compost, manure or bark mulch.

Hint! With a polytunnel you can maintain the raised bed all year round. Under protection from cold air and snow robust winter vegetables thrive as well as winter purslane in frost .

The right raised bed care ensures that you can enjoy your bed for many years and enjoy fresh vegetables from your own cultivation almost all year round.