Can you tell me about raised bed gardens?
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This is one of two raised beds I am using to grow vegetables this year. As you can see I have sectioned the bed off into square foot sections for use in the square foot gardening method of growing.
Along the backside of the bed there is a vertical trellis made up of galvanized piping and nylon netting.
Question by wingedstrider: Can you tell me about raised bed gardens?
I’ve never had one, but I’m moving, and I think they are really pritty, so I was thinking about giving them a try at my new place. I don’t understand how they are used though. I mean, you have to use a tiller every year on a regular garden, but you can’t do that if the garden is raised bed, so how do you get the ground loosened up every year, or do you have to take down those boards and put new new dirt in them every morning.
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Typically, raised bed gardens are filled with a “soil-less mix”. We use 1/4 peat moss, 1/4 coarse vermiculite, 1/4 compost and 1/4 organic potting mix. It’s a little pricey to fill your beds at first, but you never have to refill them once they are done. Just top off with new compost each season to add nutrients. You can work this in with a hand rake, since the “soil-less mix” is very lightweight, you don’t need to “work” the ground like you do with soil. Best of luck with your new garden.
PI_girl
October 8, 2011 at 5:25 am
raised flower beds were first thought of, as an aid to disabled garden enthusiasts. First of all let me say, “you do not change the earth in your garden every year, so why should you need to change it in a raised bed” The raised bed should be 2 feet high, no more than 4 feet wide, because this as far as you can reach to the centre from one side, It should have a drainage system of broken bricks or simliar, on top of that about 2 inches of sharp sand, you can buy some re-claimed top-soil, mix in some more coarse sand, compost and fertilizer, fill to within 6 inches of the top. Thereafter, replace the top 6 inches of soil with new compost.
Mr. Mole
October 8, 2011 at 6:20 am