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How to Protect Plants From an Unexpected Frost
How to Protect Plants From an Unexpected Frost
An unexpected frost can prove dangerous for the garden. Maybe the temperature suddenly drops to near freezing, or you notice that your first frost is arriving earlier than expected. Either way, you don't necessarily need to give up on your...
7 min read
Best Cover Crops for Small Raised Beds: What to Plant Before Winter
Best Cover Crops for Small Raised Beds: What to Plant Before Winter
When the garden has slowed and the last vegetables are coming out of your raised beds, it's tempting to leave the soil until spring. But leaving your beds empty doesn't have to mean bare soil. Planting a cover crop before...
9 min read
The Joy of Slow Gardening
The Joy of Slow Gardening
Failed states, defined by massive debt, authoritarian leadership, deepening dissent, and brutal secret police forces, are not good places to live. While the global landscape may seem bleak, teetering on the brink of a downward spiral, many gardeners have found...
4 min read
How to Prepare Container Plants for Winter
How to Prepare Container Plants for Winter
Growing in containers can give you added flexibility when the weather turns cold. You can move a potted plant to a sheltered place, bring tender plants indoors, or protect the roots with extra insulation. But containers also have one disadvantage:...
8 min read
Greenhouse vs. Frost Cover: Which Is Better for Extending Your Growing Season?
Greenhouse vs. Frost Cover: Which Is Better for Extending Your Growing Season?
Winter is often referred to as the fallow season – a time when motivation dwindles to the negatives and fields lay barren. While often peddled as a season of cheery Christmas lights and banal platitudes that celebrate the sanctity of...
3 min read
How to Winterize Your Raised Garden Beds: 8 Things to Do Before Winter
How to Winterize Your Raised Garden Beds: 8 Things to Do Before Winter
When your summer crops are finishing and temperature starts to drop, it's tempting to put a halt to everything and leave it until spring. But putting in work in fall can make a difference to your raised beds when it's...
7 min read
How to Get the Most From Your Blueberry Harvest
How to Get the Most From Your Blueberry Harvest
Harvesting blueberries is pretty straightforward, but if you want a successful harvest where most of your berries are picked at their best and stay in good condition once they make it to the kitchen, there are a few things worth...
4 min read
Plant Mutations in the Garden
Plant Mutations in the Garden
In medicine, malformations and maladies are cause for concern – rarely are they as innocuous as double eyelashes or violet eyes. However, what becomes a bane in humans is sought-after in the plant world. Mutations like unexpected coloring or unusual...
3 min read
The Best Fall Crops for Raised Beds
The Best Fall Crops for Raised Beds
When the summer garden begins to look tired, it is easy to think the growing season is approaching an end. For raised garden beds though, this is actually a good time to start again. Fall is one of the best...
8 min read
Managing Late Summer Burnout: The Minimum Effective Care Checklist
Managing Late Summer Burnout: The Minimum Effective Care Checklist
By late summer, managing your garden can start to feel like a chore. Plants are growing everywhere, tomatoes need picking, and the list of things you have to maintain keeps getting longer. But your garden does not need your constant...
4 min read

About Vego

At Vego Garden, our goal is to redefine Raised Garden Beds. The company was founded with the goal of launching a modular metal garden bed system with a 20+ year life expectancy, utilizing eco-friendly metal materials instead of cutting down trees. We emphasize innovative design and high quality with our products. The name vego carries the spirit of DIY modular raised beds suitable for growing vegetables.

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