Raised Bed and Container Gardening

9 Practical Steps for Turning Your Backyard or Balcony into Your First Successful Vegetable Garden. Low-Cost and Beginner-Friendly

By: Emma Andrews

Narrated by: Erin Wainwright

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Master your first gardening experience—even with limited space—by following these nine easy steps!

Gardening has long been an extremely rewarding practice—giving you the power to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs for your kitchen and your dinner table.

However, it can require a lot of time, patience, and, most importantly, space.

Space is a big issue, especially if you live in an urban area or don’t have access to sprawling, open ground.

And that’s where raised beds and containers come in! These compact mini-gardening methods allow you to plant and maintain a garden easily and are flexible enough to let you grow whatever you want.

Whether a small strip of land, a balcony, a patio, or a terrace, raised bed and container gardening allow you easy access to nature’s freshest bounty in miniature gardens—with the same quality and freshness of a large one.

In this guide, you will discover:

• A beginner-friendly, nine-step process to fast-track your way to raised bed and container gardening
• Prepare like a pro—everything that you need to know and do to grow a garden from scratch
• DIY designs—build your own raised beds and find out how to utilize empty containers
• How to create the perfect soil mix for your raised beds and containers
• Watering and irrigation—from hand watering to DIY drip systems, explore a host of watering methods for efficient and enriching hydration of your plants
• The fundamentals of garden maintenance and organic pest control
• Organic fertilization methods and recipes to aid in your plants’ growth
• And much more

Gardening is a long-term investment—it changes your lifestyle and allows you to live sustainably and naturally.

Discover how to start gardening no matter how much space you do or don’t have.

©2022 Eva Sukenikova (P)2022 Eva Sukenikova

Container gardener here

Being a condo dweller, I have a container garden on my deck and this has helped me quite a bit from soil to watering to food. And of course, the general health of my plants which will benefit from this.

Just what I needed!

I am about to buy a new house with a garden space, and I cannot help but be excited to get started; hence I bought this book! I learned a lot from this one!

The author guides you step by step - from planning, constructing, and planting to maintaining your garden, which is simplified and very easy to follow.

I am mind-blown by how many vegetables you can grow in a container.

Great and practical audiobook on gardening!

Emma put together a great source of information packed with lots of details and practical examples. I was first attracted by raised bed gardening by the fact that you can grow different kinds of plants close to each other and this is something that Emma explains very well. Even though the gardening season is kind of over here, I am taking notes of all the steps I need to follow to have a beautiful balcony once the weather becomes better.

Valuable information !

She was right! Chapter 4 was game changer for me. Location. Location. Location.
That's exactly what I was missing in my knowledge to create my ideal garden. I so happy I read this book and now have exactly what I've always dreamed of. The information provided wad very valuable. I highly recommend this book and the narrators voice is very pleasant to the ears.

Great guide for raised bed gardeners

I've had a raised bed garden for several years, and I was able to pick up some good tips.
The author guides you step by step - from planning, constructing, planting, to maintaining your garden.
Highly recommend it, especially if you are new to gardening.

interesting listen and educational, good narration

I enjoyed listening to this audio.
For patio gardeners like me, this book outlined the necessary steps to have successful container or raised gardens which is the ultimate goal for a new gardener. Step by step on what to do, how to do it and what is needed to end up with happy growing plants. A lot of knowledge and experience is in this book.
I recommend this audiobook.

Great beginner's guide if you have limited space

I was drawn to this audiobook because I live in an urban area and don’t have much space to work with. I like that the author shares methods for compact mini-gardening which allows me to grow what I want without sacrificing the freshness of a larger garden. I appreciated the section on the different watering methods. I would like to eventually set up the drip system, but probably will start with hand watering for now. I will definitely take advantage of the organic fertilizing tips provided to give my plants the best chance of growing. There is lots of useful information packed into this audiobook. It’s a great listen for beginners who have limited space and want to start their garden right away.

Exactly what a newbie needs

Exactly what I needed to start! I am a first-time gardener and I love this book.
I love how the author breaks down the entire gardening into simple understandable steps, exactly what a newbie needs.

Loved it!

Just what I needed. Very easy listening, beautifully narrated. I learned a lot from this audiobook, highly recommended 😁

Simple to understand, enjoyable to listen.

A book about container and raised bed gardening that is really detailed.
It guides you through each step of the procedure, including conceptualization, planning, and planting.
It is simple to understand, enjoyable to listen, and will be a valuable resource for many years to come. Great book.