How To Design A Raised Bed Vegetable Garden

Using rot resistant lumber such as cedar or one of the newer composite lumbers construct your bed.

How to design a raised bed vegetable garden. Planning your raised bed garden. There is never enough space in the garden and you will eventually want a larger garden. Digging will be easy in the soft dirt and your back will thank you come harvest time.

Bagged soils can also be used. The design has a slight curve on the slats for visual appeal. Fill your raised beds with soil.

Check the blocks are level with a spirit level. Make each vegetable bed a separate self contained raised bed garden. Raised beds are also useful for gardeners with limited mobility as they reduce the need to bend and can even be built on raised platforms for wheelchair access.

Tomatoes in a 4 x4 raised bed. Raised beds can be used for any size garden from a small 4 x 8 feet to a large backyard garden. A great soil recipe for raised beds is 1 part top soil 1 part composted manure and 1 part sand.

On a level section of ground lay the boards down with their inner corners touching. Cut the bottom part of the carrot put it in a glass of water. Starting with the sprayed straight edges lay the first course of blocks placing them on their longest end on a bed of mortar 5cm deep.

If you have more than one bed rotate your crops each year. Two by six lumber is perfect as it is easy to work with and will give you six inches of depth. This attractive raised bed leaves a lot of room at the bottom so your veggies roots can grow freely and get a better grip on the soil.