Tall raised beds

[Pa Snips]

If money was no object, I'd build raised beds on floating pontoons, then I would stand back and laugh at the snails and slugs...because they look silly in wetsuits and buoyancy aids.

[veggiechicken]

Why not just fill a boat with soil, plant it up, then moor it offshore?

[Pa Snips]

Why not just fill a boat with soil, plant it up, then moor it offshore?

I like my idea better.

[veggiechicken]

So mine was better, eh!

[cazp]

actually, would a raised bed that rose towards the middle be better? Like a sloping sided raised bed but 3ft high rising to 4 or five foot? It's be easier to reach higher than bend over lower in the middle.
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I read about a type of raised bed called a "keyhole garden" featured in a recent gardening mag. These were high in the centre and sloped down - looks a great idea.

[taff]

yeah, I'm planning on making one of those this year too I need to get rid of the compost heap to plant some trees, so I want somewhere to put the waste to best use.

[Snadger]

I would like raised beds Victorian style made with Victorian bricks

.Beds that were four foot high and three feet wide. Soil filled to within 10 inches of the top and purpose built sliding glass covers to be used if required for tender crops or others with mesh netting to keep off pests.


Problem is iI would rebel against the formality after a while and demolish the bladdy lot!

[veggiechicken]

You could build them at random angles to each other and at different heights so that they didn't look too structured.......

[smc999]

I'd have them about 2ft high and made of marble.

[alldigging]

I hadn't thought of bricks!
I've got a couple of people who can brick lay on the allotment. Whether it's too time consuming though I'm not sure!
Are bricks and mortar cheaper than sleepers?

[kathyd]

Breezeblocks probably would be cheaper. Would you need a hardcore base or anything?

I'm sure I once saw people growing strawberries on tabletops - maybe you could build something on legs or pillars or something to reduce the amount of soil you'll need to fill them?

[Zenithtb]

I'd build it like this:
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Not practical in an allotment, but in your own garden, if you suffer joint problems, for example, it's ideal. Pretty to look at, good heights to reach, and as it's stone, you can sit on it to rest :-)

And cheap - £40 in sand/cement, plus stones dug out of the garden...

[Bigmallly]

I'd build it like this:
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Not practical in an allotment, but in your own garden, if you suffer joint problems, for example, it's ideal. Pretty to look at, good heights to reach, and as it's stone, you can sit on it to rest :-)

And cheap - £40 in sand/cement, plus stones dug out of the garden...

There's only one word to describe it.......Ace.

[Zenithtb]

there's only one to describe it.......ace.

ty ;-)

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[taff]

been busy again then?