which raised beds?

[Tumbler]

BlackZeD said:

Seen these before on another thread;

http://www.woodblocx.co.uk/

Dave.

I have posted this picture before, I've found Woodblox to be excellent for raised beds.

[BlackZeD]

Seen these before on another thread;

http://www.woodblocx.co.uk/

Dave.

[Wozy68]

Blimey

2 x 8 or 2 x 10 2inch softwood boards and tanalised, screw 2x2 blocks into the corners, if you wish hammer 2 x 2 blocks into the ground 4 inch down along the sides of the boards and screw into the boards if you wish more strength. Add more boards above if you want more height and fix to the 2x 2 blocks.

Cheap as chips and minimal work. No need to buy kits

[chr15b]

Those woodblockx are amazing, and very movable should you want to relocate them. But it was pricey for the size i wanted.

I went with concrete block built up to about 70cm high, and faced it with decking boards.

Edited by chr15b on Saturday 1st February 00:58

[captainzep]

Wozy68 said:

Blimey

2 x 8 or 2 x 10 2inch softwood boards and tanalised, screw 2x2 blocks into the corners, if you wish hammer 2 x 2 blocks into the ground 4 inch down along the sides of the boards and screw into the boards if you wish more strength. Add more boards above if you want more height and fix to the 2x 2 blocks.

Cheap as chips and minimal work. No need to buy kits

This is what we did.

Took half an hour to do, looked perfectly neat and tidy (sleepers can look a bit rough) and produced some of the nicest spuds, onions, salad and peas I've ever tasted!

Easy to cut to your own design, (the key is to make sure you don't make them so big that you can't get to the middle bits to plant/weed). The best ones I've seen are built in a square "U" shape for easy access:

[TheD]

Wozy68 said:

Blimey

2 x 8 or 2 x 10 2inch softwood boards and tanalised, screw 2x2 blocks into the corners, if you wish hammer 2 x 2 blocks into the ground 4 inch down along the sides of the boards and screw into the boards if you wish more strength. Add more boards above if you want more height and fix to the 2x 2 blocks.

Cheap as chips and minimal work. No need to buy kits

This man knows the score. I did it with 2 x 8 and used 3 x 3 fence posts for the corners. I then painted it all in a black bitumen type paint. Mine are 2 feet by five by seven. Has lasted years and grows loads of stuff. Topped up every year with new compost and turned in.

[dickymint]

Cloches aren't cheap to buy - so I would go the sleeper route and make your own out of plastic tubing......

Edited by dickymint on Friday 31st January 10:48

Edited by dickymint on Friday 31st January 10:49

I've pre- drilled all my beds so can fit/move them around....



I also spanned the path with Arches for runner beans peas etc. - this saves a heck of a lot of growing space.

Edited by dickymint on Friday 31st January 10:59

[Gren]

Wozy68 said:

Blimey

2 x 8 or 2 x 10 2inch softwood boards and tanalised, screw 2x2 blocks into the corners, if you wish hammer 2 x 2 blocks into the ground 4 inch down along the sides of the boards and screw into the boards if you wish more strength. Add more boards above if you want more height and fix to the 2x 2 blocks.

Cheap as chips and minimal work. No need to buy kits

Did this last year when I rebuilt mine. 4 of them 1.5m x 6m - a lot of wood.

Gravel boards, screws, joining plates and some 2x2 posts. Put a post in each corner sunk in around a foot and then put your gravel boards into a shallow trench to make the shape. Screw them together with joining plates and to the posts. Chop up some of the boards into foot long lengths, cut to a 'V' and use them as pegs to stop the soil pushing the boards outwards at the joins.

[Sticks.]

dickymint said:

Cloches aren't cheap to buy - so I would go the sleeper route and make your own out of plastic tubing......

I also spanned the path with Arches for runner beans peas etc. - this saves a heck of a lot of growing space.

Edited by dickymint on Friday 31st January 10:59

I quite like that idea - did you make the arhes out of the tubing too? Where did you get it?

All looks very good, that.

Thanks

[Bill]

Sticks. said:

I quite like that idea - did you make the arhes out of the tubing too? Where did you get it?

All looks very good, that.

Thanks

This. And useful for net to keep the chickens and rabbits out, and cheaper than the enormous wood frame I built

[Pvapour]

BlackZeD said:

Seen these before on another thread;

http://www.woodblocx.co.uk/

Dave.

£400 for a delivered 3m x 1.5m x 400 high box

[Pvapour]

about halfway down this page http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

is the start of ours if you fancy a read

[Sticks.]

Looks good, and like the irrigation system. Having a bad back I'd like mine to be higher but equally, sitting while weeding etc is good. But two-high sleepers would look a bit like I was building the ark (might come to that, the weather we're having).

[Pvapour]

yeh, seems crazy talking about irrigation right now

we made the mistake of fitting seep pipe, not a good idea if you dont want to bury it as it disintegrates in one season all replaced now with the solid plastic where you insert nipples, nipples (twice just cause i like the word & i'm achild )

[Sticks.]

Pvapour said:

yeh, seems crazy talking about irrigation right now

we made the mistake of fitting seep pipe, not a good idea if you dont want to bury it as it disintegrates in one season all replaced now with the solid plastic where you insert nipples, nipples (twice just cause i like the word & i'm achild )

Indeed. That's a pain, wouldn't have thought. Yes, mine has a solid hose into which 12" tall sprinklers are inserted. There's only just enough pressure though so I may do something different this year.

Sorry, failed to get nipples in, oh, there you go