For first-time vegetable gardeners with raised beds
Your first raised beds, planned one month at a time
A planned month-by-month guide: build and fill the beds, plant by your own frost dates, rotate crops and keep harvesting into the cold months.
Planned launch price
$17.99
Planned launch price. Planned launch: spring 2027. Reserving is free; no payment is taken today.
Pre-launch: reserving is free, no payment is taken today.
Where the first raised-bed year goes wrong
Filling a bed costs more than expected, and the wrong soil mix settles or dries out by midsummer.
Planting calendars are written for one climate, so the dates are wrong for your garden.
Small beds get crowded: too many plants, too little harvest.
The beds sit empty from autumn to spring because nobody planned the cold months.
What the book will hold
- One chapter per month, from building the beds to the last autumn harvest
- Bed sizes, materials and soil mixes with the volume to buy for each size
- Planting windows counted from your last and first frost dates, so they fit your zone
- Planting plans for a 4 x 8 ft bed, with spacing and expected yield per crop
- A simple crop rotation plan over three years
- Season extension with covers and cold frames, plus a garden log at the back
- Format: paperback and ebook
Questions
Is the book available?
Not yet. This page is a test: it checks whether readers want Raised Bed Year before it is written. The reserve button only counts your click. No payment details are asked for and nothing is charged.
When does it launch?
The planned launch window is spring 2027. The planned launch price is $17.99. Reserving now is free and no payment is taken today.
What happens when I press reserve?
After one short question, the reserve button counts your click and shows a page that says the book is not available yet. This page collects no e-mail address, so it cannot tell you when the book is out.
Will it work where I live?
The plan is to give planting windows as weeks before or after your frost dates instead of fixed calendar dates, so the same plan works in different US zones. Very hot or very cold climates will get notes, not a separate plan.
Is it for experienced gardeners?
It is written for your first one to three years with raised beds.
Who is behind this?
Raisedyear is a planned book imprint of Bardach Technologies LLC. Nothing is on sale yet.