Linkabord raised bed

[nick the grief]

Sorry PC I wasn't very clear there. I meant 2m long boards rather than the 1m ones they do at the moment.

[poultrychat]

I always like it when you apologise ntg

Is that because you want certain sized beds?

[sewer rat]

PC
You'll only encourage him by asking about the size of his beds

[nick the grief]

Take no notice of him PC, he was shopping most of yesterday

I have sort of got certain sizes in mind & I think they wouls be mode stable in longer lengths than having Joints in - could be wrong there though.

I know a couple of people who use them and think they are great. The fact that they won't rot is a goot point in there favour.

Now if they'd do them 22' long I could have them on the lotty

[poultrychat]

I would call them and ask it they could do them in the sizes you want ntg but if you get them in that length then I would say you would need the stretchers to keep them in a straight line.


Thanks for the 'tip' sewer rat

[ellanvannin]

Attaching grid to Linkabord

I've got my bed sorted with nice soil inside (and lots of worms! ) and netting over the top but I'm wondering what the best way is to split it into squares (as per square foot gardening techniques). I wanted to use garden string but then can't think how to attach it to the Linkabord. Any ideas gratefully received! (PS I am not very good at building things...)

Thanks x

I bought extra dowel pegs and I have drilled small holes every foot around the finished bed so I can insert a peg in to each to attach the strings to for my grid.

[kentvegplot]

Using linkabord for all my raised beds. I've used the stretchers on the 4m long ones, but not bothered will the smaller ones (3m and 2m). I ran out of the 'proper' dowels, so used some small canes and chopped them off at the right height.

Love the idea with the hoops, off to try it as soon as it stops raining!