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  1. Should I elevate my garden beds or add soil amendments to solve a poor soil drainage problem? Updated: January 31, 2012
  2. Should vegetables such as corn, cabbage, beets, and cucumbers be planted on top of an earth mound in a garden or on level ground? Updated: November 15, 2011
  3. How do you build a raised bed, and what soil amendments should be used? Updated: November 14, 2011
  4. What is intensive gardening? Updated: October 29, 2011
  5. Would building a raised bed with a barrier in the bottom prevent our black walnut tree from affecting our vegetable garden? Updated: October 03, 2011
  6. I replaced the rotten boards of my raised-bed garden with large cinder blocks, the 16-inch-long type with two holes. Can I safely plant in those ready-made planters? Updated: June 11, 2011
  7. I would like to transplant some mature asparagus roots from a nematode-infested garden into a raised bed. I'm trying not to contaminate my raised bed. Is it possible to treat the nematodes on the bare root? Updated: July 30, 2009
  8. In intensive gardening, what is stairstep planting? Updated: September 14, 2008
  9. How do I till a raised vegetable bed? Updated: September 05, 2008
  10. I built a large raised bed garden and had good results the first year. The second year, I found that my pecan trees had invaded the bed with spiderweb-like roots. Can I remove these without killing my trees, and will the soil support a vegetable crop when it is so full of tree roots? The bed can't be moved. Updated: April 22, 2008
  11. What is the best way to secure landscape timbers when building raised beds? The timbers are 3 1/2 inches thick. Updated: March 02, 2008

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