Times are changing fast and as the world goes digital, it’s only fair to say that the agricultural sector is also revolutionising. Gone are the days when you had to have vast acres of land to practice and showcase your gardening prowess. Farmers across the world are becoming more accepting and acclimatised to organic farming and producing their own products. That said, modern forms of gardening have come up thus making farming easier and more fruitful to gardening enthusiast. One of those modern techniques is the raised bed kits.
These kits are basically meant for small scale farming purposes where by you can grow small pots of vegetables and flowers. There’s so much joy that comes with making a meal with ingredients fresh off the compound or even simply picking up fresh flowers from your garden to act as a center piece for your dinner table.
Raised bed kits are not only an easy and convenient modern form of gardening but also come with numerous benefits and anyone with a passion for gardening should definitely consider trying this method out.
So why the kits?
1. Prevents Back Problems
With these kits, one doesn’t have to strain their back while gardening and this is especially helpful to older gardeners. One simply sits at the edge of the kit and removes the weed without any strain and avoids back pains. Persons with disability can also take part in this form of gardening as the kits are easily accessible via a wheel chair and raised enough for them to reach and enjoy a gardening hobby.
2. Pest Control
Since the kits are raised from the ground, this helps prevent pests such as rodents from gaining access to your crops.
3. Improved Soil
Filling in the kits gives one the opportunity to use high quality soil and mix that with fertilizer thus improving the quality of the soil. In addition, the soil will never get stepped on while raised in the kits.
4. Improved Drainage
The advantage of these kits is that you can mix the soil to your own specifications thus preventing drainage and subsequently producing high yields.
5. Proper Use Of Space
One of the biggest advantages of the garden kits is that you don’t need acres of land and can simply build several kits on your compound and still leave room to navigate between them. However, when constructing, one must put into consideration the sun, wind, drainage and water factors.
6. Easy To Construct
Another advantage of this form of gardening is that it’s very easy to construct. With several planks of wood, nails, a hammer, measuring tape and soil, you can come up with your own kit and start gardening right away.
7. Variety
You can have several kits and plant different crops in each. This allows you to have a variety of crops without using all of your free compound space up.
8. Beauty
If you do not have money to hire a landscaping company to revamp your compound, the kits, if neatly arranged will give the illusion of a properly manicured compound and garden and will go a long way to add beauty to the compound from the different colours of the crops and fresh flowers.