Went through one full growing season with our new raised beds. They are 4'x8'. 36" tall. No bending for anything anymore. More work to put them together and fill them...but just topping them off when they settle is all I have to do just now. Learned some things to not do next time when I'm filling them up from scratch . They settle pretty good ..so I filled them up with the chips and dirt from stump grinding I had done this year. Beautiful stuff ! Topped off with rabbit bedding/manure. They will settle over winter..so I'll top them with compost before planting next year. Nice to be done before winter !
Thank you ! Bought from a company called Land Guard. They came in flat boxes .then we put them together. Lots of bolts and nuts. Had about an hour into each one. 45 minutes to put together ..15 minutes to stand up straight again lol.
Beautiful! I went a different route for raised beds, and have been using the stock tanks for several years. Started with three and have ten now. You're definitely going to enjoy not bending over when gardening or weeding!
HoneyFuzz Those look great. I have very tempting ads show up on my phone for Sproutboxes made in Alberta. We need to get some house repairs done first before I get involved in gardening again.
Got in on the holiday sales going on. Ordered the two boxes that will complete our idea for next year. Feels nice having them stashed away and ready !
Thank you ! I understand about the house repairs. We had to put off a couple of non essential repairs to make these happen. They are not cheap ! I hope you can get into gardening again. So rewarding and peaceful.
Those look great! Are they filled top to bottom with soil or did you put a filler to take up volume in the lower part?
Thank you ! Great question. I put one loader full f dirt in...then a good layer of cut branches and sticks...then a healthy top layer of compost and topsoil. Probably a good 16" of sticks. It helped as I didn't have a ton of dirt on hand. The decomposition is healthy ..and it'll allow me to slowly add material to the top...as the lower part breaks down. Just had to use what I had on hand ..and the money left in my pocket after buying the beds lol. So far so good !
