EP324 What To Fill My Raised Beds With & Lawn Care Advice Listener Question Answered.

About this episode

The episode addresses common mistakes in filling raised beds and lawn care, answering listener questions about gardening practices.

You can spend a fortune on compost, seed, and clever gear and still end up with tired raised beds and a mossy lawn if you get the basics wrong at the start. We’re answering two listener questions that keep popping up because they sound simple, but the wrong advice can cost you seasons of progress. First up, raised beds in a polytunnel or greenhouse. We dig into the big mistake of putting ground cover fabric or plastic membranes under your growing media. I explain why that layer cuts your bed...

People in this episode

Host: John Jones

Topics covered

• raised beds
• lawn care
• gardening advice
• listener questions
• polytunnel
• greenhouse

Keywords

• raised beds
• lawn care
• compost
• ground cover fabric
• gardening advice
• polytunnel
• greenhouse

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