raised beds, grow bags and more, with epic gardening’s kevin espiritu

I BUILT MY OLD-STYLE wooden raised beds for vegetables about 30 years ago, and they’ve served me well. Lately on social media, I love seeing younger-generation gardeners embracing raised beds, too, but using creative designs and even doing so in smaller spaces than mine, or temporary spaces where they rent, like Kevin Espiritu of the “Epic Gardening” podcast.

Kevin’s new book, “Urban Gardening: How to Grow More Plants No Matter Where You Live,” includes many raised-bed construction styles to consider, some impromptu and others more permanent, and his tips for success growing in them.

Kevin’s garden [above] couldn’t be much more different from mine. He’s in urban San Diego Zone 10B; I’m rural New York Zone 5B. Most of his garden is in raised beds and other containers, and mine is mostly in the ground, but we have lots in common, too. We talked about successful above-ground growing methods and more, how he plants intensively and focuses not on per-plant output but on each bed as a whole, using some creative thinking.

Read along as you listen to the July 8, 2019 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here). Plus, enter to win his book at the bottom of the page.

raised beds for any location, with kevin espiritu

Margaret Roach: Hey, Kevin, how are you?

Kevin Espiritu: Hey, Margaret, I’m really good. How are you doing?

Margaret: O.K. We should tell people that we’re visiting each other’s shows this week and we’ll have links this show transcript on A Way to Garden.com and on social media and stuff to our conversations back and forth, so people who aren’t regular subscribers to your “Epic Gardening”

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