+22 Preparing Your Raised Garden Beds References. Web step 1 prepare area by making ground as level as possible. Cardboard (keep the packaging of your raised garden beds for this step!) layer 2:

Web there are many methods for how to fill a raised garden bed, from simply using a mix of topsoil and compost to no dig techniques of creating a bed using layers of various materials. Once you have added the compost, rake the area. Rake the surface until the soil is level.