Raised Beds in the Veggie Patch

[Tartar Horde]

I only use raised beds and have found them to be excellent in every way. I top up the beds regularly with those bags of compost from B&Q and I no longer have to dig them over. The soil is mostly compost now and easy to weed and very healthy, I can basically push a spade into the soil/compost and turn it over without any effort needed. I will add though that it has taken ten years of constantly adding compost to get them to this stage. I very rarely feed my crops as the beds are highly fertile and are superb at holding moisture in hot weather.