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I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the
summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? TIA Steve |
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Steve, I use 6in by 4in treated timber boards just screwed together. I dug over the soil the first year and added compost. Every year I add a bit more compost and its gradually building up. You don't need to fill them all up the first season. Make three beds and rotate them with roots, brassicas and 'other' (look up 'crop roatation'). I don't like the sound of gravel and mulch sheets as its very detrimental to wildlife - nothing can feed... birds, animals, insects - it might as well be concrete. But that's just me... Good luck, Keith "80/20" wrote in message oups.com... I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? TIA Steve |
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correction 6in x 2in - sorry all
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Steve, I use 6in by 4in treated timber boards just screwed together. I dug over the soil the first year and added compost. Every year I add a bit more compost and its gradually building up. You don't need to fill them all up the first season. Make three beds and rotate them with roots, brassicas and 'other' (look up 'crop roatation'). I don't like the sound of gravel and mulch sheets as its very detrimental to wildlife - nothing can feed... birds, animals, insects - it might as well be concrete. But that's just me... Good luck, Keith "80/20" wrote in message oups.com... I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? TIA Steve |
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"80/20" wrote in message oups.com... I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? TIA Steve others have commented on the gravel business, presumably if you put down a really thick layer of gravel you will be able to bed the table and chairs etc in that however getting it perfectly level may be a problem. As an example, try getting a deck chair perfectly level at the beach. Depends what you want. Bigger draw back to gravel I think is compaction from repeated usage, you will periodically need to top it up, and organic matter working its way in to the gravel and decomposing, thus providing areas fro weeds to grow. It is damned difficult to get dirt out from amongst gravel. As for the garden, I put 5 in last year and have found them really good. Much better than standard beds for growing things. I used garden sleepers and made them either 300 or 400 mm high. That is a handy height for me but still gives the option of building up again in future. It is more expensive than using timber however I was under 'instructions' to landscape the area which meant laying down pavers as well (now that is even more difficult to get level than chairs in gravel). When building the beds consider what the backing will be. If using timber you can simply whip up a 3 sided box. I was putting some against a fence and didn't want to pay for twice the amount of sleepers than necessary so I nailed various backings to the fence (firboplank and clearlite roof sheeting) and built the beds out from there. The soil and planting all but hides the fibro/clearlite sheets. In terms of what you put in as growing medium, depends on when you want to start sowing. If your compost is ready and nicely broken down you can likely use that unless it is fairly lumpy and sticks in clumps. If the latter small seeds may get lost (least some of mine have in the past in lumpy compost) so you can either transplant seedlings or lay a dressing of soil over the top. I did that in all my new beds and seeded straight in to the soil. Quickly the plants roots dug down in to the nutrient rich layers underneath. If you have not enough compost to made a decent growing depth you could chuck organic matter in to the bottom of the beds and top up the higher levels with compost. In no particular order I bunged in partly rotten horse poop, coffee grounds, spoilt hay, compost (fresh and finished), grass clippings and kitchen waste. I left it a few months and my good mates the worms dealt to the rest. Likely if you had a good layer of compost (and earth if necessary) over the top of fresh stuff like grass clippings, ripped up newspaper and household waste you could plant straight away and the stuff near the bottom will breakdown quite quickly. As what to plant, my first plantings in the new beds were garlic (first time I planted it), lettuce, spring onions, potatos and carrots. The lettuce has been prolific and our main vegetable over summer. The SO very nice in asian cooking and the garlic is being used now and has a stronger more pungent odour than the stuff from the supermarket. The stuff I have dug up hasn't had much success dring mind yet, mainly because it doesn't get a chance as I use alot of it. Potatos were ok as were the carrots but the latter were more for her who must be obeyed. Having 4 corner gardens you also have a ready made system for crop rotation if you need it. I am only just starting to get my head around it in my new set up. rob |
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"80/20" wrote in message oups.com... I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? Depends - the higher they are, the easier to maintain. Mine are a bit low and not easy on the back when working on them. http://www.ljconline.nl/garden/gardenpatio.htm I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? Yes What crops would you recommend? Veggies ? Depends on what you like and how big teh beds are. Do teh crops need to be 'decorative' as well? Runner beans up a wigwam look good Beetroot has pretty foliage Carrots are 'fluffy' looking Jenny |
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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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g'day steve,
best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20"
wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Pam in Bristol |
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On 31/1/07 23:38, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote: On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Hosepipe wash down? Whenever I read about raised beds, I envisage trying to get those going for myself - it's never going to happen but the concept intrigues me. I'm 5'10" and have quite a lot of back and neck trouble. By no stretch of the imagination am I disabled or whatever but I certainly can't dig, a visit to the supermarket leaves me with backache and the sort of stoop you have to do to empty a dishwasher is just the angle that gets me into trouble. So, if I wanted to have raised beds that truly saved me back ache I'd have to have raised beds that came to something around chest height which, for me would be around 4'or so. Does anyone actually do that? I'm genuinely interested to hear about this from those with experience. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote:
On 31/1/07 23:38, in article , "Pam Moore" wrote: On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Hosepipe wash down? Whenever I read about raised beds, I envisage trying to get those going for myself - it's never going to happen but the concept intrigues me. I'm 5'10" and have quite a lot of back and neck trouble. By no stretch of the imagination am I disabled or whatever but I certainly can't dig, a visit to the supermarket leaves me with backache and the sort of stoop you have to do to empty a dishwasher is just the angle that gets me into trouble. So, if I wanted to have raised beds that truly saved me back ache I'd have to have raised beds that came to something around chest height which, for me would be around 4'or so. Does anyone actually do that? I'm genuinely interested to hear about this from those with experience. There was a program on TV some years ago about "sensory gardens", in that they certainly had raised beds of 3 foot, to allow folks in wheelchairs to easily interact with the plants. So it's obviously possible, it's just going to be an issue with building the walls high enough and strong enough to ensure the bed stays safe I guess. Duncan |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! And a good thought, too. But of course much of the advantage of raised beds is lost if one doesn't adopt the no-digging approach, so grass paths must be best if one can't run to concrete or slabs. That way the occasional spills from planting and harvesting won't matter. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Pam in Bristol I find that spilt soil washes down through the gravel.......... Jenny |
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I have a gravel garden .Last summer , a friend helped me to make a raised
bed from new 'sleepers'.It looks great. I filled it with top soil, and planted it with various small plants,including French lavender which would not have survived in my cold clay wet Scottish soil of a normal garden! I intend making another smaller one for ornamental plants and growing some nice veggies in the original bed. I treated the wood with stained wood oil and it reaslly is a nice contrast against the gravel. Good luck to anyone else thinking of making a raised bed. Roy "Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Steve, I use 6in by 4in treated timber boards just screwed together. I dug over the soil the first year and added compost. Every year I add a bit more compost and its gradually building up. You don't need to fill them all up the first season. Make three beds and rotate them with roots, brassicas and 'other' (look up 'crop roatation'). I don't like the sound of gravel and mulch sheets as its very detrimental to wildlife - nothing can feed... birds, animals, insects - it might as well be concrete. But that's just me... Good luck, Keith "80/20" wrote in message oups.com... I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? TIA Steve |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Pam in Bristol I find that spilt soil washes down through the gravel.......... Making weeds feel really at home. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On 30 Jan, 22:48, Sacha wrote:
On 30/1/07 20:19, in article . com, "80/20" wrote: I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? My first reaction would be that if you intend to gravel it and then put a table and chairs on it, you'll curse yourself to the end of your days! Pave it, perhaps but if it's gravel it will never, ever be an even surface for garden furniture. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Good point Sacha. |
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On 1 Feb, 21:17, "Mike Lyle"
wrote: "JennyC" wrote in message ... On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Many thanks for all your replies, they certainly give me food for thought, if not the stomach straight away. Steve |
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On 1/2/07 21:21, in article
, "80/20" wrote: On 30 Jan, 22:48, Sacha wrote: On 30/1/07 20:19, in article . com, "80/20" wrote: I have a small lawn that is not it's best because it is used in the summer as a patio area, the table, chairs and umbrella stand all turn the lawn yellow. I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. Questions: How high would you make the beds? I have plenty of home made compost, could this be used to fill the beds? What crops would you recommend? My first reaction would be that if you intend to gravel it and then put a table and chairs on it, you'll curse yourself to the end of your days! Pave it, perhaps but if it's gravel it will never, ever be an even surface for garden furniture. -- Good point Sacha. It's live and learn. A long time ago when I first started making my first garden, I had a similar idea and an experienced gardener pointed the same potential problem out to me. With me, it was old and uneven stone slabs but the outcome would have been the same. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Steve, I use 6in by 4in treated timber boards just screwed together. I dug over the soil the first year and added compost. Every year I add a bit more compost and its gradually building up. You don't need to fill them all up the first season. Make three beds and rotate them with roots, brassicas and 'other' (look up 'crop roatation'). I have been thinking, and that is not easy!, about using raised beds, but they would be 30 feet by 4 feet, how would I be able to make those up to a reasonable level, of soil I mean! Alan |
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"gardenlen" wrote in message ... g'day steve, best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:39:01 +0100, "JennyC"
wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message .. . On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Pam in Bristol I find that spilt soil washes down through the gravel.......... Jenny BUT that makes a nice bed for weed seeds! Pam in Bristol |
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best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for
pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! don't understand what you mean alan?? we have 2 pages with pictures and descriptions of raised beds that we have done. On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:26:55 GMT, "Alan Holmes" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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"gardenlen" wrote in message ... best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! don't understand what you mean alan?? we have 2 pages with pictures and descriptions of raised beds that we have done. Alan - look at http://www.lensgarden.com.au/straw_bale_garden.htm Jenny |
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thanks jenny,
just can't understand how alan couldn't find that page and also this one: http://www.lensgarden.com.au/builds.htm ??? On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:42:56 +0100, "JennyC" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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"gardenlen" wrote in message ... best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! don't understand what you mean alan?? we have 2 pages with pictures and descriptions of raised beds that we have done. Well, I'm afraid they were not obvious to me! Alan |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "gardenlen" wrote in message ... best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! don't understand what you mean alan?? we have 2 pages with pictures and descriptions of raised beds that we have done. Alan - look at http://www.lensgarden.com.au/straw_bale_garden.htm Thanks, that went straight to it. Very impresive but I don't think I could cope with all that straw. What puzzles me most about raised beds is, where do people get all the soil to fill them? Alan |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 31/1/07 23:38, in article , "Pam Moore" wrote: On 30 Jan 2007 12:19:28 -0800, "80/20" wrote: I am thinking of digging it up and covering the area will gravel, after putting down a mulch sheet. I also would like to put triangular raised beds on the 4 corners to grow veg in. I always wonder, when you see pictures of raised beds, edged with boards, with nice cleangravel paths between, how you manage to dig and plant without getting soil on the gravel. You can sweep a paved path, you can't sweep gravel. Practical or not? Just a thought! Hosepipe wash down? Whenever I read about raised beds, I envisage trying to get those going for myself - it's never going to happen but the concept intrigues me. I'm 5'10" and have quite a lot of back and neck trouble. By no stretch of the imagination am I disabled or whatever but I certainly can't dig, a visit to the supermarket leaves me with backache and the sort of stoop you have to do to empty a dishwasher is just the angle that gets me into trouble. So, if I wanted to have raised beds that truly saved me back ache I'd have to have raised beds that came to something around chest height which, for me would be around 4'or so. Does anyone actually do that? I'm genuinely interested to hear about this from those with experience. So, apart from the height, we appear to have quite a bit in common, I have all the same problems and I am not looking forward to digging at all this year, but someone posted about hiring a cultivator, and I might have a try at that. I was thinking of putting a notice in the local newsagents window asking for some energetic young 'person' to come and dig it for me! I have seen beds at about 3 feet high for people in wheelchairs. Alan |
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:52:24 +0000, Alan Holmes wrote
(in article ): "JennyC" wrote in message ... "gardenlen" wrote in message ... best height is about 10 to 12"s you can go higher see our page for pics etc.,. on how we do our raised beds. Nothing obviously shown for raised beds! don't understand what you mean alan?? we have 2 pages with pictures and descriptions of raised beds that we have done. Alan - look at http://www.lensgarden.com.au/straw_bale_garden.htm Thanks, that went straight to it. Very impresive but I don't think I could cope with all that straw. What puzzles me most about raised beds is, where do people get all the soil to fill them? Alan, we have only one raised bed (for veg). We covered the bottom with layers of thick cardboard straight over the existing grass (I think this was a tip from Janet Baraclough), and then put loads and loads of horse manure in, mixed in with some of our own dried grass (we have lots of long grass which we cut twice a year and then we leave the dry grass in a large container to dry more and rot down a little). We topped it up with some bought in top soil, but most of the "filling" was manure and grass. We are lucky in that we live in a rural area and have friends with horses who are delighted to find a home for their horse manure. The second year, of course we had to top it up a bit since the level had dropped a bit - again, we dug in more horse manure. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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"gardenlen" wrote in message ... thanks jenny, just can't understand how alan couldn't find that page and also this one: http://www.lensgarden.com.au/builds.htm I've bookmarked your excellent info pages for future reference. I hope to be able to put it to good use ....... Jenny |
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g'day alan,
the straw bale one is of a temporary nature, if you go to the building a garden page you will see what other material i have used, the straw all breaks down anyway. and always looks bit chunky until it settles down. if you read through the text you will see that our main medium is mushroom compost. we don't bring any soils in. On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:52:24 GMT, "Alan Holmes" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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alan,
did you look through the site index? on the frontpage. this is the first time ever that anyone has said they couldn't find something on our site. On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:49:08 GMT, "Alan Holmes" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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"gardenlen" wrote in message ... alan, did you look through the site index? on the frontpage. this is the first time ever that anyone has said they couldn't find something on our site. On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:49:08 GMT, "Alan Holmes" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ Well it's not only Alan that is being thick because I can find no obvious link:-) Be a sweetie and give us the actual link. |
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On 5 Feb, 11:18, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote:
Well it's not only Alan that is being thick because I can find no obvious link:-) http://www.lensgarden.com.au/straw_bale_garden.htm |
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On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:18:44 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote: snipped Well it's not only Alan that is being thick because I can find no obvious link:-) Be a sweetie and give us the actual link. http://www.lensgarden.com.au/builds.htm http://www.lensgarden.com.au/straw_bale_garden.htm With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:08:01 +1300, "George.com"
wrote: Rob, where did u get your slepers from & how much ere they. I need 14 & hve found a couple of suppliers in my local area, but thy are quite expensive. .. I used garden sleepers and made them either 300 or 400 mm high. That is a handy height for me but still gives the option of building up again in future. It is more expensive than using timber however I was under 'instructions' to landscape the area which meant laying down pavers as well (now that is even more difficult to get level than chairs in gravel). When building the beds consider what the backing will be. If using timber you can simply whip up a 3 sided box. I was putting some against a fence and didn't want to pay for twice the amount of sleepers than necessary so I nailed various backings to the fence (firboplank and clearlite roof sheeting) and built the beds out from there. The soil and planting all but hides the fibro/clearlite sheets. |
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"tina" wrote in message ... On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:08:01 +1300, "George.com" wrote: Rob, where did u get your slepers from & how much ere they. I need 14 & hve found a couple of suppliers in my local area, but thy are quite expensive. Where did I get them from? Likely 14,000 kms away from you Tina. A variety of sources around Hamilton (New Zealand) including 2 jokers who mill timber and a couple of garen centres who had stuff going cheap. I put in 6 gardens around the place over different periods. I paid around $15 nz for new 2.1 metres by 200mm by 100mm. These were macrocapa or gum. I paid around $7-8 nz for seconds at the same measurements. If you find someone who mills timber on farms (mobile saw mill) and deal direct with them you are likely to get a better price than garden centre. Also check if they have seconds. They are not that much worse than firsts provided they have 2-3 good faces they are fine for raised beds. rob |
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