Vegetable or flower garden creations can take a lot of work. Using the raised bed garden method will almost insure that your plants will be more beautiful, healthier and produce more vegetables and flowers than those that are planted just in the ground. Raised bed gardens are also very beautiful and can be made very decorative lending a lot to the aesthetic of your yard.
Use the following things for your raised bed garden:
Stacked boards, railroad ties or landscape timbers are normally used for raised bed gardens. Concrete blocks, decorative rocks, or rocks from a creek bed can be used. All of the aforementioned will work, so it's up to the individual. The height will vary based on the condition of the soil. The poorer the soil base the higher the garden will need to be built. The best thing about raised bed gardens, is that they require less attention. Raised bed gardens range from about four to eight inches high.
The gardener will be walking in-between beds, rather than on top of soil, because the beds are just wide enough to house the plants. This is an advantage because you will not be disturbing the soil that the plants are trying to grow in.
Creating your raised garden bed: To begin your garden, you should make a drawing and do some measuring. Decide the types of plans you will be working into the beds and how much width and height they will need. If you plan on having more than one plant, you'll need to decide on how many beds you'll need. After that, you'll be able to calculate how much of the supplies you'll need. If you are planning the use of lumber it is important to buy wood that is pressure treated. Not only will the wood be up against dirt but it will see a lot of contained water as well so regular lumber will rot quickly.
Tips:
Use lines of flour to mark the boundaries of your bed walls. This will ensure that you build your walls evenly with some rhyme or reason. You will be able to step back and see how the beds will look when completed in your garden plot.
Then you can begin building walls for your raised beds.
Dig trenches along the flour lines and put in your first row of the medium that you decided to use. When you have your frame securely placed and level you can pack the dirt around the base of the frames. When building on a hill, dig the trenches deeper as they go up.
Finishing a bed:
If the soil is hard, you can put gravel underneath it for drainage. Finally, you can plant your seeds! With rows in-between the beds it will be better for the plants because you will be able to reach them for weeding, watering and harvesting without stepping on the ground near the roots of the plants.
Use the following things for your raised bed garden:
Stacked boards, railroad ties or landscape timbers are normally used for raised bed gardens. Concrete blocks, decorative rocks, or rocks from a creek bed can be used. All of the aforementioned will work, so it's up to the individual. The height will vary based on the condition of the soil. The poorer the soil base the higher the garden will need to be built. The best thing about raised bed gardens, is that they require less attention. Raised bed gardens range from about four to eight inches high.
The gardener will be walking in-between beds, rather than on top of soil, because the beds are just wide enough to house the plants. This is an advantage because you will not be disturbing the soil that the plants are trying to grow in.
Creating your raised garden bed: To begin your garden, you should make a drawing and do some measuring. Decide the types of plans you will be working into the beds and how much width and height they will need. If you plan on having more than one plant, you'll need to decide on how many beds you'll need. After that, you'll be able to calculate how much of the supplies you'll need. If you are planning the use of lumber it is important to buy wood that is pressure treated. Not only will the wood be up against dirt but it will see a lot of contained water as well so regular lumber will rot quickly.
Tips:
Use lines of flour to mark the boundaries of your bed walls. This will ensure that you build your walls evenly with some rhyme or reason. You will be able to step back and see how the beds will look when completed in your garden plot.
Then you can begin building walls for your raised beds.
Dig trenches along the flour lines and put in your first row of the medium that you decided to use. When you have your frame securely placed and level you can pack the dirt around the base of the frames. When building on a hill, dig the trenches deeper as they go up.
Finishing a bed:
If the soil is hard, you can put gravel underneath it for drainage. Finally, you can plant your seeds! With rows in-between the beds it will be better for the plants because you will be able to reach them for weeding, watering and harvesting without stepping on the ground near the roots of the plants.
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