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how i made my vegetable raised beds

to make a raised bed 4m x 1.680 = 6.72 square m you will need the following 3 scaffold boards 3.9m by .200mm or 9 inch ...

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kenoak

29 Sep, 2011
Kenoak

New Challenge - Construction of very small garden.

I was asked by the friend of a customer to design and construct a small very low maintenance garden with plenty of colour,...

45 comments

mossy

1 Jun, 2011
Mossy

Raised and not so raised beds

After reading an article on raised beds I decided to build a few myself. The article suggested a raised bed made from untreated...

4 comments

arwel

30 Jul, 2010
Arwel

Novice enquiry again..... :-)

The break in the weather is brilliant hope it holds out for more than a day or 2, as we've made a start in the garden. ...

7 comments

kimmy666

2 Mar, 2010
Kimmy666

scaffold boards

hi, i managed to get hold of 50 scaffold boards (free of charge) from a friend of mine,and i have edged my allotment with...

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stroll

25 Feb, 2010
Stroll

New raised beds and items from a salvage yard.

Well its Feburuary and the ground is all boggy and wet, if its not frozen. So I thought I would use the space behind my shed...

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treesandthings

20 Feb, 2010
Treesandthings

No Dig Raised Beds

I have turned my lottie over completely to raised beds. I also try and grow my veg on a no dig system. The main reasons...

7 comments

chuffa

13 Dec, 2009
Chuffa

Winter project # errrr was anyone keeping count?

OK Winter project # next. Lol Making raised veggie beds! First you need the essential supplies! Fags ......... Check Coffee...

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ian_digs_v2

21 Oct, 2009
Ian_digs_v2

raised border walls

what should i build with? i was going to go with wood, layered planks with 2x2 stakes in the corners making them about two...

22 comments

kat_pink

22 Sep, 2009
Kat_pink

Plants At Altitude

When I first moved here, twenty-five years ago, there was an old shed in this corner of the garden. But I soon realised this...

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AndrewR

10 Sep, 2009
Andrewr

The Carrot Crunch

This year I decided to start a veg patch and thought the unproductive left hand side of my garden would be perfect. First...

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faeriefay

30 Jul, 2009
Faeriefay

Kitchen garden raised beds project part 3

Another weekend is in sight and word is that it will be dry on Saturday. Hooray!!! Last weekend I removed all the exsisting...

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treesandthings

17 Jul, 2009
Treesandthings

Building My Own "Chocolate Box" Planter (Part 2)

The basic planter now just needed finishing touches. The corners were made neat using angled beading, and the top and bottom...

18 comments

david

28 Apr, 2009
David

Building My Own "Chocolate Box" Planter (Part 1)

I woke up this morning feeling creative, and with an idea in my mind. So I set off early, to get what I required to get started. Two...

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david

30 Mar, 2009
David

polytunel part two

doors are now on. then with the help of brother Richard a raised bed was built from blocks. Julian has now moved his...

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sandra

3 Mar, 2009
Sandra

A good day for sorting out the veg and herb patch

I started by building a frame for my french runner beens I recone it should do the job I then went on to build myself a...

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donnah

28 Feb, 2009
Donnah

First day this year

My raised beds spent the winter underneath this confusion ,its left like this so that scooby and any of his mates or indeed...

13 comments

maccrimmon

14 Feb, 2009
Maccrimmon

Raised Bed Gardening - I wish!

I have decided that as January is still not quite over, it is not too late to make a few gardening resolutions for this year....

7 comments

gardenmad1

30 Jan, 2009
Gardenmad1

Square Foot gardening methods

I have always liked to garden but since an accident and a diagnosis of OA a few years ago I have not been able to do much...

25 comments

wohlibuli

29 Jan, 2009
Wohlibuli

raised beds

spent all day shoveling topsoil compost and manure into to my new raised beds, I asked a friend to build some beds for me...

2 comments

newtogardening

23 Jul, 2008
Newtogardening

Welcome to my veg garden!

Here's my veg garden! We moved in our new house in November last year and my other half (who's a carpenter by trade)...

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lilydee05

6 May, 2008
Lilydee05

should we add raised beds to this lawn?

We have been thinking about adding raised beds in this lawn, problem is that the lawn is a funny shape! the edge near...

10 comments

RachelScott_Renouf

4 May, 2008
Rachelscott_renouf

Square Foot Garden 2008

I cannot believe how quickly the growing seasons change. Last week it snowed (really unusual in Hampshire) and this week...

7 comments

Genuisscuffy

13 Apr, 2008
Genuisscuffy

Nearly there

Well I finally got one part of the plot hammered together and in place, started again on Friday in my new welly boots I...

5 comments

Carolyn

10 Feb, 2008
Carolyn

Looking forward to gardening after a 2yr Hiatus

Dec 7th 2007: -10C and LOTS of snow. We are in a new house with untouched grounds to play with. The snow is currently about...

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IndyBarnes

7 Dec, 2007
Indybarnes

Raised Veggie Plot continued saga.....

Finally did a bit in the garden this week, hooray. I cleared the rest of the garden cuttings/weeding pile into recycling...

3 comments

Carolyn

30 Nov, 2007
Carolyn

Raised Vegetable Plot

Having been inspired by the on line square foot garden on this site I am trying to do something similiar. So far got the...

1 comment

Carolyn

5 Nov, 2007
Carolyn

COMPOST

As I installed 2x1 metre square raised beds, I of course needed compost. In one I put non-peat compost in the other a peat...

15 comments

Hamish

9 Sep, 2007
Hamish