Author Topic: Raised beds (Read 2707 times)

mojocafa · « **on:** February 15, 2016, 07:27:26 am »

Anyone any tips on what I can use to make raised beds

HappyHippy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2016, 07:43:58 am »

I made some a couple of years ago using scaffold boards (too skint to afford railway sleepers

) Mine are 2 high, giving an overall height of approx 16" and holding up well.
HTH

DavidandCollette · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2016, 08:58:13 am »

Try freecycle it's amazing what people want to get rid of

Q · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2016, 09:40:22 am »

I am a scavenger so when I passed a building project where they were putting a extension up I asked the site manager if I could take away the old rafters he was piling up from the old building.
Got Loads of 4 metre lengths of untreated rafters of about 250 x 100 size & saved them from a bonfire.

Carse Goodlifers · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2016, 03:58:31 pm »

I went to our local saw mill and bought 4m long planks along with 3ft pegs/stakes for the corner supports.
All the wood all came treated and once built before filling them up I lined them with high gauge black plastic.
It was a lot cheaper than going to B&Q and the likes, it supported a local business and for me it was quicker than having to scavenge/look about etc.

cloddopper · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2016, 09:18:24 pm »

We used mortared in red engineering bricks .. it's worked very well for me. They are 900 mm high on the high outer sides which is ideal for me and a bust up back etc.

T'was fairly expensive , but should last me out by many years , It's part of the whole garden landscape exercise .. Done by a dam good builder who really enjoyed doing something different & interesting .
Due to each wall being laid on a foot thick x a foot wide concrete foundations , in the middle of each bed there is a natural drainage hole . I also got the builder to put weep holes in the outside walls at every mid point of the beds lowest course of h bricks .

All the divider walling is keyed in brick work which adds to the strength tremendously .
They are filled with a home made soil less growth medium which is the best stuff for growing plants I've ever come across .

mojocafa · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2016, 09:30:23 pm »

I have got wooden structures that can make a box, am delighted with them, and I got them for free so even better. Will post photos when I get organised.