[big green bloke]

just to let everyone know i got the frist raised bed build and as surgested it 4 ft wide and one plot long . one question i have a lot of saved newpapers and i was going to put these in the bottom to stop the weeds but told they might turn into slim just wondered what you all thought on this your bgb    

[gobs]

surgested it 4 ft wide and one plot long .

Good you didn't do it across everybody else's plot, especially that it was a surgestion.

The newspapers won't be a slime but will be slim to stop any weeds growing through.

[DD.]

Think this is more suited to 'Grow Your Own, rather than 'Off Topic', so away it goes!

[splodger]

i use papers in certain places - like the raised bed i have made for my strawberries

papers are also used as a mulch in my fruit cage - then topped with muck

i use newspapers and mags - to line my bean trench and my celery trench

my hot bed too

basically - wherever i want to surpress weeds and retain moisture - i use paper

my raised beds however - i don't use paper - i don't need it

[carrot top]

have raised beds on my whole allotment never used newspaper and dont have prob with weeds

[Trillium]

Then you must be the only person on this site who doesn't, Carrot top  

[upthetump]

just to let everyone know i got the frist raised bed build and as surgested it 4 ft wide and one plot long . one question i have a lot of saved newpapers and i was going to put these in the bottom to stop the weeds but told they might turn into slim just wondered what you all thought on this your bgb    

I have just completed my 3rd bed (about 10 to go). I also lined mine with newspaper but laid it too thinly and left it exposed, that is I was too lazy to cover it with earth immediately and left it for 2 weeks. the paper rotted and the weeds came back through. So now I have left a 12mm layer on them and covered them immediately with earth. fingers crossed. I've had my 'lottie for 4 years and the weeds and couch grass seem to get worse the more i dig. This is my big hope, beds and weed suppressed pathways. Hope it works for you (and me) happy gardening.

[toptonk]

where in the rhondda you from upthetump

[upthetump]

where in the rhondda you from upthetump

Bore Da toptonk. I'm from Trehafod, near the Rhondda Heritage Park. In which part of our beautiful valley do you live?

[toptonk]

i live a little futher up the valley in pontygwaith.so you live in wayne morgan country.the best club in the rhondda.

[upthetump]

yeah, just up the hill from it. I've never been there 'cos if I go for a beer I only go with the other half and as the Wayne is men only she can't come in. I'm amazed that in this day and age it can be that way but there you go. (perhaps thats why its the best about eh???)  

[scentedstock]

I grew up in Treherbert right up the top of the valley.

[Kanute]

Gog Dw'i.  Dw'i n byw yn  Harlech efo rhadir yn Mortmadog

[compostqueen]

get yourself some sheets of thick cardboard and line the raised bed with that

You can cadge cardboard from the electric showrooms or local business park. Once you get an allotment you have to become a scrounger and skip rat  

If you use newspaper, use the full thickness of it but you'd need a lot so cardboard would be easier.