How Deep Should Mounds Be in a Vegetable Garden?

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Grow cucumbers in mounds image by rollingroscoe: morguefile

Mound raised rows 4 to 6 inches above the soil level to provide adequate room for roots to form for small plants and 6 to 8 inches for larger plants.

Keywords: wide row gardening, garden mounds, raised rows

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Nannette Richford is an avid gardener, teacher and nature enthusiast with more than four years' experience in online writing. Richford holds a Bachelor of Science in secondary education from the University of Maine Orono and certifications in teaching 7-12 English, K-8 General Elementary and Birth to age 5.

Photo by: rollingroscoe: morguefile

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