{"id":82,"date":"2011-04-29T03:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twosouthernsisters.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2011-05-14T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T14:57:45","slug":"7-advantages-to-raised-bed-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/7-advantages-to-raised-bed-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Advantages to Raised-Bed Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">C<\/span>reating a food-producing vegetable garden can be, with a little planning, not only enjoyable but very rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 7 advantages to creating raised beds for food production in your own backyard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They look better because the area is more orderly and defined<\/li>\n<li>Soil conditions and can be better controlled<\/li>\n<li>Water, fertilizer and compost can be more accurately applied<\/li>\n<li>They drain more efficiently<\/li>\n<li>You do not have to step in the garden thereby reducing soil compaction providing for healthier plants as their roots need loose soil and air to flourish<\/li>\n<li>Plants can be spaced a little closer together increasing productivity per square foot of garden area (some claim it doubles productivity)<\/li>\n<li>Raised beds are easier to weed and maintain &#8211; saving your back and your knees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next I&#8217;ll share the considerations and reasons around the planning of our own garden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a food-producing vegetable garden can be, with a little planning, not only enjoyable but very rewarding. Here are 7 advantages to creating raised beds for food production in your own backyard: They look better because the area is more orderly and defined Soil conditions and can be better controlled Water, fertilizer and compost can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","tag-vegetable-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frillsandmeals.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}