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    A garden bed freshly mulched with reddish-brown pine bark around hostas, hydrangeas and a young Japanese maple, with a wheelbarrow of nuggets nearby
    25 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Pine Bark Mulch: Nuggets, Fines, and Which One You Need

    Peter Vogel
    A potting bench with a compressed coco coir brick, an expanded bucket of coir fiber and an open bale of dark sphagnum peat moss
    25 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Coco Coir vs Peat Moss: What Should Be in Your Potting Mix

    Peter Vogel
    Two open sacks on a potting bench, one of white perlite granules and one of golden vermiculite flakes, beside a tray of seedlings
    25 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Perlite vs Vermiculite: Which One Your Soil Actually Needs

    Peter Vogel
    Backyard garden showing timber raised beds planted with salad near the house alongside open in-ground rows of potatoes and sweetcorn
    21 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Raised Bed vs In-Ground: Which and When

    Peter Vogel
    Cutaway of a raised bed showing lettuce, carrot and asparagus roots reaching progressively deeper, with the deepest roots passing through the base into the ground below
    21 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    How Deep Should a Raised Bed Be? Depth by Crop

    Peter Vogel
    Cutaway of a timber raised bed sitting directly on open garden soil, with roots and worms crossing freely between the bed and the ground below
    21 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Raised Bed Drainage: Do You Actually Need It?

    Peter Vogel
    A gardener filling a wooden raised garden bed with rich dark soil mix from a wheelbarrow with compost and vermiculite nearby, a pencil-crayon illustration
    21 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Best Soil for Raised Garden Beds: 4 Options Compared

    Peter Vogel
    A backyard compost pile in a wooden bin cut open to show layers of coarse brush, dry leaves and green kitchen scraps with a garden fork
    21 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Compost Pile Layers: What Actually Matters

    Peter Vogel
    Newly built cedar raised garden bed with thick boards and visible grain, part filled with dark soil and young vegetable seedlings
    20 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Best Wood for Raised Garden Beds (And When to Skip Wood)

    Peter Vogel
    Thriving backyard permaculture garden built around several raised beds of different heights, densely planted with vegetables and herbs
    20 Aug
    Soil & Composting

    Raised Bed Gardening the Permaculture Way

    Peter Vogel