It’s easy to make a raised garden bed and if you have room it’s a good option. Ideas to use for your bed edging:
One thing to remember is not to use treated wood as chemicals from these can leach into your soil and the food you grow. Some sleepers are also treated chemically so only use them if you are sure they are untreated. Put your garden edging in the shape and place that you want it. Now you create layers of different organic materials to fill your bed up. Wet each layer down as you go.
The reason we use all these different layers is they break down and act like a big compost bin, providing lots of goodness for your plants. If you can’t get some things like the straw or leaf litter, don’t worry - go ahead with the other ingredients. Just try to add as much organic matter as you can. It all breaks down into your garden bed providing food for your plants, and attracting earth worms who help aerate the bed and leave their worm poo or ‘castings’ behind which are also wonderful goodies for your plants. After making your garden bed you need to leave it to settle for a week or two, so make sure you have your seedlings ready to go. If you are in a hurry you can plant your seedlings but make sure they are going straight into topsoil or compost (you can create little pockets of it) and not manure as it may be too strong for them. Use your grow guide from your patch kit to help you decide what vegies, herbs or flowers to start growing! |
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