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If money was almost no object how would you make reasonable high raised beds?
Started by alldigging on
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Wheelchair User Raised Bed
There's these but they don't have a huge growing be 75cm off the ground) actually, would a raised bed that rose towards the middle be better? Like a sloping sided raised....
Height would be brilliant.
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Im finally getting around to making the SO build me some raised beds (or bring home the wood at least )
Now, Im not rich by any stretch of the imagination so soil prices is going to have to be cost effective.
What type of soil are yall putting in your...
Started by SarahFair on
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by 17 people.
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If you put that at the bottom of your raised beds it will supply lots years with fireants and grass....
Bought it by the scoop (F-150 can hold one and they will break down faster .
When I built my raised beds; I used organic soil.
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Put together a couple 4'x10'x18" and picking up 3.5 yrds of soil in a couple hrs.
Plan is to let it sit till mothers day and then start planting if conditions(weather/temp) look safe....my normal planting season starts on fathers day using starts not ...
Started by Fshklr on
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I'm tired of bending over, and the back agrees in raised....
Full bed of strawberries, full bed of asparagus these come back every yearI am in the process of making a raised bed, on legs.
Backyard in raised beds.
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Yay, waiting for my two raised beds from Home Depot!! This summer it will be the $800 tomato, but what the heck ; )
Started by Pamela Lee on
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I have three raised beds that I purchased from NaturalYards.com. All are cedar. My friend has built a couple of raised beds out of pressure treated pine. I have read that pressure treatment can leach all kinds of badness into the soil and plants. I would...
Started by dhuggett on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at idigmygarden):
There's the old.
But yeah stay away from the pressure treated stuff.
I'm no pro at raised beds.
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I hope this is posted in the correct place.
I am going to give making my own raised beds a go and wanted some advice on where is the best place to get suitable treated timber?
I live in the Galway region. I am thinking of building maybe three eight foot...
Started by iPhone. on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at boards):
Shame you aint.
I am thinking of building maybe three eight foot by four foot beds.
I am going to give making my own raised beds in the Galway region.
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Does anyone have any experience of building raised beds from sleepers? An allotment site I am helping to clear is going to have some raised beds built for people in wheelchairs or people with mobility issues to use. I've just received an email to see ...
Started by FROSTYFRECKLE on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at growfruitandveg):
They are very heavy so you....
You need to decide how high you want to build the raised beds too.
Originally Posted by taff Raised beds,high or low on the wide side.
The chair can go into the bed (does that make sense ).
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Hello everyone! This is my first post on I Dig. I decided to put in some raised beds this year. I looked at the Square Foot Gardening method of filling your beds with vermiculite and other things. Having blown my entire annual gardening fund on cedar ...
Started by OzarksDad on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at idigmygarden):
In retrospect, I wish I would have mixed the new 50/50 combo often do is layer different... .
Built several raised beds and filled them with 9 cubic with the plants in the raised beds.
I've got pretty much the exact same story.
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Have bought 3 raised beds for planting flowers and vegetables etc and was wondering if someone could advise me on the what type of topsoil/ sand/ manure etc to put into them and how much I would be likely to pay. The dimensions of each of the beds are...
Started by Kenlen on
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Hi
I know I have posted very similar threads before but I have been standing out in my garden at a total loss to what I should do. I have three raised beds and as mentioned in previous threads my soil has coal in it. My soil seems to be a mixture of coal...
Started by Jules10 on
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You can lay plastic under the bed to prevent.
Concentrate on one smallish raised bed at least 400mm deep, or even better 600mm if you can manage something in the one bed you can decide on your next move.
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