Once you've selected, assembled, and placed your new raised bed, it's time to get gardening!

In this 4-part video, our friend and gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi explains how to make the most of your raised bed garden:

1. Healthy soil as the foundation for success

• Ideal soil blends
• How to choose compost

2. Planting schemes:

• Seed rows, broadcast seeding, and succession planting
• Gardening with transplants
• Interplanting

3. Watering, fertilizing, and mulching

• How much and how often
• Automated, water-saving irrigation systems

4. Protecting plants from weather and pests

• Cloches and covers
• Fences and barriers