Raised Beds on a Budget

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« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2007, 23:09 »
There's a few of them on our site- at least it looks like it. Most of the old blokes are very sceptical - they like to see a lot of bare earth, followed by rows of peppers and toms a month or so later.
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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2007, 23:11 »
I thought the advantage was because you don't walk on it and therefore don't need to dig as often, as long as it is not more than 4 foot wide.  Hope that's true because I have just built a 12 by 4 foot raised bed because I'm not getting any younger and my back hurts like hell.
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« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2007, 23:15 »
You don't need to raise the beds not to walk on the soil.  I am putting in some stepping stone paths and also use boards if I need to step on the soil.

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« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2007, 08:38 »
I want to make a raised bed for the kids so they have a defined area to plant in.  It will encourage them and make it easier to look after if they have their own bit that they can manage.  Weed management might be easier too if it has lots of good soil/compost in it and isn't compacted too much.  I don't intend on building more than one although other allotments do look nice and tidy and organised if they just use raised beds.  Don't be so negative. By the way, how do you insert those smiley face things? I can't seem to get them to go into my messages it just does this:   :wink: !?

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« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2007, 08:40 »
Oh, I just looked at my last message and I see how the smiley things work now-just don't appear until message is posted ha-ha!

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« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2007, 21:35 »
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
I think they are just a fashion Shaun.  The next fashion will be taking the boards away to make more planting space  :roll:


Not at all, if you had seen how heavy our clay soil is you would agree that raised beds was the only way.
We have around 3-4" of heavy clay topsoil, then in to pure grey/blue clay.

Yes, i tried all the suggestions for conditioning clay, but after 3 years I gave up.

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« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2007, 21:50 »
Good point penance.  That is a good reason to have raised beds.  Disability is another, but lots of people want them just to be funky at present.

Did you have to buy your soil to fill them by the (several) lorry load(s)  :?:

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« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2007, 21:58 »
Unfortunatly I did have to buy in topsoil.
It isn't cheap for good stuff, but as i had decided to get away from the heavy clay it seemed right to get good soil.
I bought one tonne from Rowlawn, lovely stuff but cost around £80. I got the next lot from turfonline for about £50, wish i had bought more from Rowlawn :roll:

I should mention, this is in our rear garden, lotties are to far away for me to bother with.

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« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2007, 22:37 »
:shock: Expensive isn't it.  And I'm sure a ton of soil doesn't go far.  Hope you get good results from it  :D

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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2007, 09:39 »
My beds are 2.5m x 1m 6 of, 1 tonne filled 2 beds with enough space to add around 150L of compost/muck.
Great results from the Rowlawn stuff last year



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