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Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: moggy on January 17, 2008, 08:51

Title: Raised beds - how high?
Post by: moggy on January 17, 2008, 08:51

HI Everyone,

i have been looking at some timber to use for raised beds and i was just wondering what sort of height everyone reccomended as the planks i was lookin at would be about 15cm high, will this be big enough or should i go a bit higher?

cheers
Andy

Title: Raised beds - how high?
Post by: donald.cape on January 17, 2008, 09:07

Hiya Moggy,

I'm using raised beds for the first time this season. I'm using scaffolding boards which are about 9 inches wide I think it's about 225mm in new money. I've dug the beds over to a spades depth and added compost and topsoil  to bring the  level to within 2 inches of the top of the boards.

Title: Raised beds - how high?
Post by: moggy on January 17, 2008, 09:23

ahh scaffold boards...didnt think of them ill have to have a look now ;o)

Title: Raised beds - how high?
Post by: Scribbler on January 17, 2008, 11:19

6" gravel boards are fine, they're what I've used.

Title: Raised beds - how high?
Post by: moggy on January 17, 2008, 13:31

is it worth putting some kind of barrier between the wood and the soil to stop the treatments contaminating the soil?