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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: vegman on January 10, 2007, 21:38

Title: Raised beds
Post by: vegman on January 10, 2007, 21:38

How big would you build a raised bed and can anybody reccomend the best ways to build them .

Any advice gratefully recieved

Thanks

Title: Raised beds
Post by: muntjac on January 10, 2007, 21:40

9 square yards  and use 6x1 tannelised wood , pegs to hold it upright and nail corners ... hope that helps , but size only works with available space .its what you can manage to reach without walking on them all the time  :wink:

Title: Raised beds
Post by: Axe Victim on January 10, 2007, 22:26

Depends on how big the pallets are :D

As Munty says, so long as you can reach into the middle (with a hoe) and don't have to step inside 'love' (oops, another song has popped into my head)...will do.
 :lol:

Title: Raised beds
Post by: milkman on January 11, 2007, 09:51

my fixed beds are 4ft wide by 5m and 6m long, with paths 2ft wide in between (wide enough to get a barrow down).

Title: Raised beds
Post by: supersprout on January 11, 2007, 12:02

our deep beds (no sides) are just over 1m wide, and between 3 and 4m long. Just make sure you can reach into the middle comfortably