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Raised beds - really raised
Cipher wrote:
I've asked a similar question back a ways but I thought I'd ask again with a twist. The coming year we're looking at starting vegetable gardening, however the soil is all dense-pack clay. We're looking at raised beds - by which I mean building boxes and raising them about three feet off the ground because neither of us can bend over for regular weeding easily. My back-of-the-envelope calculations show a 1m x 2.5m x .5m box, when full of wet soil, weighs in at just over 1400kg! It could be more. Three feet (90cm) high obviously would be more. The higher the sides the stronger they need to be constructed and the more carefully you have to arrange drainage. The sides have to be strong enough to contain the soil but also to hold your weight as you likely to sit on the edge. For that purpose finish the top with a board that is broad enough to be comfortable. The materials will not be cheap. Has anyone here raised growing beds this high? What sizes of beds would you recommend? Thanks! I haven't built them that high but people do build them. They are built that way for the reason that you give - gardeners who cannot stoop and bend easily. I am not sure that 90cm high is necessary, probably 60cm (2ft) would do. See: http://www.spinalistips.se/tip-raise...-beds-471.html David |
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