My new garden beds [Archive] - The WoodenBoat Forum

11-13-2008, 05:53 PM

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Just thought I would post this. Keery was complaining about bending over to weed the garden, so I built these. I build one more and that should do us.

Thad

11-13-2008, 06:25 PM

Looks great!

11-13-2008, 11:32 PM

Must have been a bit tired when I wrote this this morning.
That should be Kerry....and I will build one more.

seanz

11-16-2008, 05:30 AM

Nice work, good traditional construction methods.......
:)

Are those 'no-dig' beds? Just asking because someone we know is about to set some up and while the instructions for building seem easy enough to find, i'd like to know what you do in the second season. Do you demolish them and start again? (Incorporating the first seasons material of course) or do you do some weeding and then build and plant on top?

11-20-2008, 05:13 PM

Hi Seanz, I built them because Kerry was complaining about bending over to weed. They are easy to dig over and weed as they are but we will just add more compost etc as we go and build them up higher....and rotate our planting of course. I haven't built the third bed yet but I'll get around to it eventually.
Concetrating on the boat and a walkin wardrobe in the bedroom at the moment.

BarnacleGrim

11-20-2008, 07:50 PM

Looks delightfully outback!

PeterSibley

11-21-2008, 02:41 AM

Gary ,I forgot to tell you that the Tweed Shire Council up at the Tumbulgum tip sells trailer loads of very nice compost ..quite suitable for your beds ,for $12 a go .

Paul Pless

11-21-2008, 07:41 AM

Is that a hot wire around the top of your beds? What'ya trying to keep out?

Captain Blight

11-21-2008, 09:31 AM

Rabbits, I'd imagine.

seanz

11-21-2008, 01:52 PM

Rabbits? Giant mice is more like it.

The raised beds are a good solution to the weeding problem.....of course you don't want them so tall that you can't reach the tomatoes.
:)

11-21-2008, 05:26 PM

No hot wire, though I have been thinking of setting a rat trap or two....overrun with bush rats here at the moment. They were eating my lettuce until I covered them with some mesh. The wires are there to stop the pickets from spreading.
Notice the 90 degree angle pieces of iron in the corners.