The most crucial element to get right for a good garden is the soil. Use actual topsoil-containing soil in your raised garden beds. Numerous essential micronutrients found in real soil are necessary for plants to receive a balanced diet. The majority of bagged soil is fluffy and soft to the touch, but it lacks the vitamins and calcium that healthy plants require. Because it contains clay, real topsoil is heavier and may not drain as quickly, but that's okay! Clay retains water, which gives your plants' soil a more stable hydration level. Pick salad greens that are leafy to save space. The most abundant vegetable garden bed during the season is kale, collards, and chard. Early in the growing season, spinach, lettuce, and arugula taste fantastic, but in the heat of the summer they bolt.  

Both cucumbers and hot peppers yield well. In raised garden beds, stay away from plants like potatoes, mint, sweet corn, and Brussels sprouts. Check out The Urban Farm Company's list of the Most Suggested to Least Suggested Crops to Grow for a great cheat sheet. Mixing the soil in the raised garden beds with the soil already present in the ground may seem like overkill, but it's a terrific idea. The direct layering of two different soils by plant roots is known as an interface. If plant roots encounter a hardpan soil that they are not accustomed to, they will actually bend sideways or upwards. Water behaves similarly.

If it can't pass through a stable soil profile, it will produce a small water table. Till the current ground a little, if you can. Raised bed gardening should be filled with 2′′ of soil. The soil you added to the raised garden beds should be blended with the surrounding soil. On Mother's Day, plant, some people advise. Some advise waiting longer. Before the last frost, you should not put your tomatoes in the garden because it will result in dead plants. However, planting warm vegetables when nightly lows are still in the 30s or 40s would definitely stunt the plants and reduce your garden's overall yield.