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Q : How to make a raised bed?
I have a 2m x 0.5m corner plot with a 30cm high stone wall along one
long side and a 60cm high stone wall along a short side, with the other two sides open. This plot used to house 3 diseased roses which I have removed, along with all their soil (grey, mostly clay and stones, 30cm deep) and the subsoil (brown, almost pure clay with rocks to a depth of another 20cm). I am considering making a raised bed by 20cm but have no idea what materials are required. I am on a tight budget since this is a communal area. I would appreciate knowing how most folk would go about making a corner raised bed, along with some guide prices for the materials (I'll convert from $ if required). I will have to do the work myself, so nothing permanent involving cement or other tricky stuff please. Assume no power tools and the DIY skills of a total amateur. Either way, I have to have some edgeing if I can't have a raised bed, as the grass comes right up to the plot and gets mowed. The three new roses will be Floribunda, 90cm peak growth. |
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Q : How to make a raised bed?
HelixStalwart wrote:
I am considering making a raised bed by 20cm but have no idea what materials are required. I am on a tight budget since this is a communal area. I would appreciate knowing how most folk would go about making a corner raised bed, along with some guide prices for the materials (I'll convert from $ if required). I will have to do the work myself, so nothing permanent involving cement or other tricky stuff please. Assume no power tools and the DIY skills of a total amateur. I've never done raised beds for roses but I do grow my veggies in raised beds. I put down several layers of newspaper on top of the grass and then do a combo of compost, composted manure, peat moss and top soil. To hold it all in I use landscaping timbers from the local hardware supercenter. The newspaper is free, the compost and composted manure come out of my compost heaps (I have a friend with a horse), the topsoil is 1-2 dollars a bag, the peat moss is 7 dollars for a big bag and the landscaping timbers were around three dollars a piece. I believe I used $30 dollars worth of topsoil last time I made a double raised bed. Hope this helps some. Beth zone 7 |
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