Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: spy on August 10, 2006, 17:10
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Hi all, here I am picking your brains again!
I have a flower bed that was completely overgrown when we moved in a few weeks back. I have set about clearing it but I just dont like it. It runs along the length of our outbuilding. I went to the local bargain DIY place this morning and noticed treated planks, (ribbed look like decking) for sale for £2.99 a go. I was thinking of building a raised bed just over a foot high that runs the full length. Never been so short of cash in my life, reckon I could do this for about £40 which isnt so bad.
Now I realise I will have to install some posts, do I just dig and concrete them in?
I would cover the existing bed with a weed proof membrane and then be adding new top soil / compost to fill the raised bed. Is it OK to fill it with soil up against the bare brick wall or will this give me a damp problem on the inside? Do I need to build the wooden wall all around to solve this?
I would want to use this for some veg but also some decorative plants as well (gotta keep the missus happy afterall! ;)). Can anyone suggest anything suitable (veg wise) for relatively shallow soil that doesnt get a lot of sun? It is usually in direct sunlight from 8 - 11am ish but then is in shade the rest of the day. I was thinking I could grow my rhubarb there? Anything else?
Sorry for the mammoth list of questions!
Cheers,
Mike