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Raised beds
On 30 Jan, 20:19, "80/20"
wrote: Questions: How high would you make the beds? Depends how tall you are, seriously. I've made mine the height of two railway sleepers, which gives me a good height to bend and work on the beds (I'm 1m57). Too low and you'll kneel across which is really unconfortable. I've never seen a too high raised bed except in Carol Klein's garden on the programme Grow Your Own. I was surprised, it works well but it really gives lots of shade, which I find counter productive in a way. Also when you're sitting at a table, if your beds are too high, you'll see lots of earth and stems. Put a chair next to the area where you want your beds and imagine the height and decide accordingly. I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? I've used top soil as well as home made compost and OM. It's amazing how much you'll need. Go onto a website for top soil, example http:// http://www.rolawndirect.co.uk/produc...m_topsoil.html and enter the area you need to fill. It calculates for you how much approx you'll need. What crops would you recommend? I've grown in my raised beds radishes, leeks, salads, herbs, a variety of flowers, nettles, spinash, sorrel, various trailling plants, and a honeysuckle permanently settled in there when I used a honeysuckle stick to prop up some helichrysum! You can plant anything you want really, providing the soil is suited to the plant you want to grow. HTH |
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