On 17 Jul, 15:14, Joe Shmoe
wrote:
Hi folks.

I have quite a large garden and would like to dedicate a portion of it
into growing my own veg.

I have at least 6m x 6m to spare, so was thinking about 4 raised beds,
each about 2meteres square.
I'm not sure how to make the rasied beds. *I like the look of railways
sleepers (new untreated ones, obviously) but I don't think I could
afford the £400 to buy them.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can make these raised beds cheaper, or
perhaps I should be looking at leavign the ground level, and just
marking the beds out with wood somehow ?
Any ideas/advise would be great!

I've used lots scaffolding planks which I nail with a triangle at each
corners. On another bed I've used bricks without mortar, but these are
for herbs and perenials, with some salad/spinash/sorrel too, so even
if it's not a solid hedge, I don't need to move the soil as much as
with say spuds etc. I've also used sleepers - it is costly but well
worth it. To save money, we've made the width with breeze blocks and I
planted cornus at one end and grasses at the other to hide them. Looks
great )