What Grows Well in Elevated Garden Beds?

Some annuals you might want to grow in your raised bed garden are petunias, pansies, basil, lemongrass, and vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, squash, and onions. Bonus tip: To help reduce the chance of disease and pests, you don't want to grow annual vegetables in the same spot year after year.

What grows well together in raised beds?

Radishes planted in and around your squash plants will help repel a variety of pests including squash bugs. Gourds planted with sweet corn and beans will help deter squash vine borers. Clover planted in a carrot bed is said to repel wireworm. Basil, lettuce, nasturtium, and tansy are said to repel carrot rust fly.

What do you put on the bottom of an elevated garden bed?

What do I put on the bottom of a raised garden bed? The bottom of a raised garden bed should be a layer of grass clippings, leaves, wood chips, straw, and other organic material. The cardboard should be placed on top of that layer. The organic material will turn into compost, while the cardboard will prevent weeds.