I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips. Thanks.

In article m, says...
I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips. Thanks.


used scaffolding planks are good value and well strong enough if you can get them
(try hire places and scaffolders they obviously get rid of them well before they
think they will break)

Put the angle iron or wooden spikes on the outside not the inside. it doesn't look
as good but is mechnically superior ( did it the wrong way on some of mine so I
know :-( )

Gill

Your best bet is to use gravel board which is about an inch thick, 6 inches
wide and chemically treated. My raised beds are are made of two such boards
the longer sides being attached to 3 X3 inch fence posts at the ends using
coach screws. The shorter sides are likewise screwed to the 3 X 3 which are
inside the corners of the bed.

If you are concerned about leaching chemicals from the wood into the bed,
bear in mind that the inside will be wetter than the outside of the bed so
leaching will not be inwards. Even so, if still worried, paint the inside
of the boards and corners with bitumen paint which is quite cheap and very
effective waterproofingwise!

I have four such beds varying in size from 4 X 4 ft to 8 X 8 which has
asparagus in it.

Geoff

"Gill Matthews" Try the wrote in message
T...
In article m,
says...
I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials
to
use, and any tips. Thanks.


used scaffolding planks are good value and well strong enough if you can
get them
(try hire places and scaffolders they obviously get rid of them well
before they
think they will break)

Put the angle iron or wooden spikes on the outside not the inside. it
doesn't look
as good but is mechnically superior ( did it the wrong way on some of mine
so I
know :-( )

Gill

"Gill Matthews" Try the wrote in message
T...
In article m,
says...
I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials
to
use, and any tips. Thanks.


used scaffolding planks are good value and well strong enough if you can
get them
(try hire places and scaffolders they obviously get rid of them well
before they
think they will break)

Put the angle iron or wooden spikes on the outside not the inside. it
doesn't look
as good but is mechnically superior ( did it the wrong way on some of mine
so I
know :-( )

Gill

"Gill Matthews" Try the wrote in message
T...
In article m,
says...
I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials
to
use, and any tips. Thanks.


used scaffolding planks are good value and well strong enough if you can
get them
(try hire places and scaffolders they obviously get rid of them well
before they
think they will break)

thats sounds like a good way or reusing some waste, and likely cheap to
boot.

rob

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:37:24 +0100, Peter James wrote
(in article m):

I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips. Thanks.


My posting re "Rased vegetable beds" has had a happy ending. "Her indoors"
also known as "She who must be obeyed" or "swmbo" has relented and agreed
that I can lift a number of patio paving slabs at one side of the patio to
create a vegetable bed some 4 metres by 1.5 metres. Not enormous, but a
reasonable size in which I can certainly grow runner beans, salad crops and a
selection of vegetables. The only problem is that the soil is clay and what
the Cornish down here call "shillet". A mixture of clay soil and small
slate. It will need a fair amount of work, but I will be at it today.

On 2 Apr, 07:35, Peter James wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:37:24 +0100, Peter James wrote
(in article m):

I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden. One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips. Thanks.

My posting re "Rased vegetable beds" has had a happy ending. "Her indoors"
also known as "She who must be obeyed" or "swmbo" has relented and agreed
that I can lift a number of patio paving slabs at one side of the patio to
create a vegetable bed some 4 metres by 1.5 metres. Not enormous, but a
reasonable size in which I can certainly grow runner beans, salad crops and a
selection of vegetables. The only problem is that the soil is clay and what
the Cornish down here call "shillet". A mixture of clay soil and small
slate. It will need a fair amount of work, but I will be at it today.

Strange that , here in Wales it has almost the same name but without
the lle.
If you are lifting paving slabs for the raised bed then if you cut the
slabs in half you could use them for the sides of the bed, or iuf you
are lifting enough then leave them whole and sink them a bit for the
sides.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
Your best bet is to use gravel board which is about an inch thick, 6
inches wide and chemically treated. My raised beds are are made of two
such boards the longer sides being attached to 3 X3 inch fence posts at
the ends using coach screws. The shorter sides are likewise screwed to
the 3 X 3 which are inside the corners of the bed.

Geoff


Thats exactly how we did ours, but with three planks
high...................too high for dog to water the veg.......which no one
will eat if he does manage to sprinkle them. We added some knobs on top of
the posts. Indoor wooden knobs cos we couldn't find the right size outdoor
ones. All painted with cuprinol paint.

In article , doobydoobydo
writes

Thats exactly how we did ours, but with three planks
high...................too high for dog to water the veg.

Well it won't stop cats, foxes or birds or other animals!

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk