On 2 Apr, 07:35, Peter James wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:37:24 +0100, Peter James wrote
(in article m):

I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips. Thanks.

My posting re "Rased vegetable beds" has had a happy ending. "Her indoors"
also known as "She who must be obeyed" or "swmbo" has relented and agreed
that I can lift a number of patio paving slabs at one side of the patio to
create a vegetable bed some 4 metres by 1.5 metres. Not enormous, but a
reasonable size in which I can certainly grow runner beans, salad crops and a
selection of vegetables. The only problem is that the soil is clay and what
the Cornish down here call "shillet". A mixture of clay soil and small
slate. It will need a fair amount of work, but I will be at it today.

Strange that , here in Wales it has almost the same name but without
the lle.
If you are lifting paving slabs for the raised bed then if you cut the
slabs in half you could use them for the sides of the bed, or iuf you
are lifting enough then leave them whole and sink them a bit for the
sides.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries