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RAISED & READY

Raised beds are a common sight now on allotments and in gardens for growing fruit and vegetables. Their popularity in recent years is possibly down to people having less time to garden and raised beds do help reduce the workload required.

WHAT TO FILL BEDS WITH?

As mentioned above if the sides are not too high and the soil beneath is okay you could just dig over the bed and grow straight away. If you are placing beds on

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