Raised Garden Beds?
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i have been thinking of this for 3 weeks. i had them at my last house. used
6x6 2 high 8x32 and 2 of them. garden didn't really grow worth a ****. had sprinkler system on it to. i think the nutrients would wash out? or my wife doesn't know WTF she is doing. anyway at my new home i have know i have no place for a garden except on the edge of my lawn and it's perfect like a golf couse so i will try it 1 more time. this one will be 10x20. i told my wife thats has to take her avalache out to her dads farm and get a scoop of manure to mix in ( she can't wait ). this way i can get some favors for making her this garden
6x6 2 high 8x32 and 2 of them. garden didn't really grow worth a ****. had sprinkler system on it to. i think the nutrients would wash out? or my wife doesn't know WTF she is doing. anyway at my new home i have know i have no place for a garden except on the edge of my lawn and it's perfect like a golf couse so i will try it 1 more time. this one will be 10x20. i told my wife thats has to take her avalache out to her dads farm and get a scoop of manure to mix in ( she can't wait ). this way i can get some favors for making her this garden
Built my mother a few a couple years ago. She had 1 huge garden, that was not getting the most sun light because of a big tree.
We built her 3 5x10 or so gardens. Used 2x12's for the outsides, and nails to hold them together.
The gardens have grown much better than her previos garden. That could be the real nice dirt we mixed in(but we would do that with her old garden as well), It has a sprinkler setup, and just works real nice.
We built her 3 5x10 or so gardens. Used 2x12's for the outsides, and nails to hold them together.
The gardens have grown much better than her previos garden. That could be the real nice dirt we mixed in(but we would do that with her old garden as well), It has a sprinkler setup, and just works real nice.
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i have raised flower beds all over in the yard.
one is 140' long, scalloped and ranges from about 12" high to 3' high.
I used a self locking tera-cotta block. They are available at any building store.
They are easy to use and easy to lock in. I used liquid nails between each layer to lock em in.
I used them as a back stop for my water garden so I could build it close to the fence.
On the raised flower beds I used 6x6x8' treated lumber. I got a long drill bit and 3' chunks of re-bar. you can offset the timbers and then drill thru the timbers. I put a layer of timbers down, drilled thru and drove the rebar down till it was level with the timber and 2.5' into the ground. Then offset the next layer and drill thru the new timber, the old timber and into the ground then drive a new piece of rebar in thru both timbers and 2' into the ground. that has held to a height of 3' for 11 years. It took 26 yds of topsoil to fill the garden.
If you need to trim one of the teracotta blocks, just use a wide spade rock chisel and a hammer. Score the block all the way around. Put the block on soft ground and smack the chisel on the score mark. It will break on the score line. That way you can make sharp turns and end in a straight line.
As for a sprinkler system for it. I just used soaker hoses. Works great.
one is 140' long, scalloped and ranges from about 12" high to 3' high.
I used a self locking tera-cotta block. They are available at any building store.
They are easy to use and easy to lock in. I used liquid nails between each layer to lock em in.
I used them as a back stop for my water garden so I could build it close to the fence.
On the raised flower beds I used 6x6x8' treated lumber. I got a long drill bit and 3' chunks of re-bar. you can offset the timbers and then drill thru the timbers. I put a layer of timbers down, drilled thru and drove the rebar down till it was level with the timber and 2.5' into the ground. Then offset the next layer and drill thru the new timber, the old timber and into the ground then drive a new piece of rebar in thru both timbers and 2' into the ground. that has held to a height of 3' for 11 years. It took 26 yds of topsoil to fill the garden.
If you need to trim one of the teracotta blocks, just use a wide spade rock chisel and a hammer. Score the block all the way around. Put the block on soft ground and smack the chisel on the score mark. It will break on the score line. That way you can make sharp turns and end in a straight line.
As for a sprinkler system for it. I just used soaker hoses. Works great.
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I built my wife 3 raised beds for a garden that are 4x8 with 2x8's. The first couple years it was so so... then i got a good garden compost and last year everything grew like crazy. I just topped off what settled from last year and a few things are already coming up.
Two things that I'd recommend are good dirt and a drip system so you don't waste your weekends watering the garden.
Two things that I'd recommend are good dirt and a drip system so you don't waste your weekends watering the garden.
Used rough cut 3X12's from a sawmill ( real 3"X12" fawking heavy). Been in place for 3 years now, and still in pretty good shape. Have been told not to use treated lumber if it's a vegtable garden.
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Actually, a good raised flower bed will cut down on maintenance quite a bit.
By raising your flower beds at least 6" above the lawn or surrounding growing surface you can just about eliminate any weed or grass creep into your flower beds.
I have a full automatic sprinkler system for the lawn and gardens so pretty much all the wife has to do is plant what she wants and weed it once a month.
(and the riding season still has a month to go
Dunno that it would allow her to "Grow" a garden. I start off each year by sending in a soil sample to determine what nutrients I need to put in the soil. Then I cultivate, fertilize and raise my beds into mounds to allow runoff and not drown the plants. I dig a trench around the garden and then make my drainage paths along the walk path to the trenches. Then put my paving stones down on the paths, plant the garden. Lay down plastic mesh to keep weeds at bay. spay liquid fence to keep rabbits and deer out. Setup sprinkler, bird water, and staring globe. And wait a week and spray insecticides.
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