Most gardening books and gurus can tell you how to make a raised garden bed. Start by cutting out your grass or sod and then digging the mud up. Tough work!
Are you able to make a raised bed for your plant or flower garden without digging? This paper will teach you how to create rich, organic raised garden beds quickly and easily.
Planning the Garden – Raised Beds
Why raised beds? Some consider them more engaging. Some say they are more easy to work with. One great reason to use raised beds is because they are easier to create without digging.
Select a plot for your garden based totally on preference, exposure to daylight, and what you want to grow there. You can mark the perimeters of your planned garden bed with stakes and string if you wish, but it is not required.
Building the Raised Beds in the Garden
Begin making the raised bed for your garden by spreading a layer of black and white paper on the ground. This could be about 8 to 10 sheets thick and not include any glossy or coloured pages. Put the newspaper at once over your present lawn or weeds.
After placing this barrier layer which will help kill the grass, begin layering organic material in layers. Start with a 2 – 3 in. layer of organic compost. This is acquired or from your own compost pile. Next, put a layer of grass clippings, fall leaves, straw, or other entire organic material. This layer should be about 4 inches thick. Spray this comprehensively with water.
Continue to layer organic material with compost or peat moss until your raised bed is about three feet high. Be sure to spray each layer with water as you go along. Once the garden bed is tall enough, stretch a sheet of plastic or an air-tight tarp over the top. Use stones to weight the tarp down, or stake it to the ground on all sides.
This raised bed should be left undisturbed for so long as practicable. This is a great project to start in the fall for a planned raised bed garden in the spring. BY that time, the organic material will have broken down into a fabulous, rich dark soil that’s perfect for growing many types of plants. Just remove the tarp, mix the raised bed up with a garden fork, and plant.
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