Just saying hi!

[momol]

Hi Cyanara,

Welcome to the vine, enjoy your time here you will like it ...
As gardening is a live time learning, we are all learning and sharing our experiences, some things work some don't due to complex circumstances ( weather, soil conditions, pest/ disease... ) all of them makes it very interesting, challenging, fun and rewarding.

Enjoy gardening,
Momol

[SueA]

Hi Cyanara & welcome to the vine. Good luck with taming the 'jungle', I'm sure you'll get on great with everyone on here.

[JennieAtkinson]

Hello Cynara and welcome. Another Scottish Grape!

[terrier]

Hi Cyanara, welcome. Sit down, take your wellies off and muck in! First question for you, there's always a lot about raised beds on this forum, so tell us about yours, what method have you used to raise them up and how deep? Answer questions in any order.

[moggssue]

Hi Cyanara, and a very warm welcome to the vine Can't wait to hear all about your successes as the next growing season progresses. Good luck with it all!

[nick the grief]

.....I'm in the scottish borders and I have a wonderful 1/2 acre jungle.. i mean garden.

I have just badgered my hubby into building me some fabulous raised beds I have 6 that are 2 ft by 3 ft and one that is about 5 ft by 3 ft that my cloche fits on top of. His next big project is a greenhouse!!! i gurrently have quite a big growhouse and access to my grandfathers old greenhouse which is a 6x8ft one.

I also have in the jungle.. sorry.. there i go again... garden, a cooking aple tree an eating apple tree and a plum tree (are you getting a feeling of how non-exisitent my gardening knowledge is by my termiology yet??)
.....

You should have exagerated a bit like " I have a small estate on the borders with a substantial natural garden and a small orchard"

There that sounds better already

Welcome to the Vine

[cyanara]

Thanks all for such a warm welcome!! (espcially as i'm just in from the cold!!!)

First question for you, there's always a lot about raised beds on this forum, so tell us about yours, what method have you used to raise them up and how deep?

DH built my raised beds.. he used treated timber and basically they are boxes that have stakes about a foot deeper than the base of the box dug into the ground.

6 beds that are 3ft x 2ft x 2ft (lenght x width x height)
1 bed that is 5ft x 3ft x 2 ft (lenght x width x height)

I've filled the bottom of some of them with homemade compost, and topped them off and filled the rest with a mix of farmyard manure and multi purpose compost.

The long term plan is for him to build me an 8x8ft greenhouse with a raised bed in there so that i can try my hand at some veggies that don't seem to do well in the scottisd weather.

[cyanara]

You should have exagerated a bit like " I have a small estate on the borders with a substantial natural garden and a small orchard"

There that sounds better already

Welcome to the Vine

I'll need to remember that line for the future!!!