Thursday, November 27, 2008

Building My First Raised Garden Bed



It's nothing fancy, but it does the trick!  I had the guy at the hardware store cut it to size for me and then I just nailed it all together!  The seedlings were just getting too big to continue growing in their current plastic pots. 


Specs:
69 inches long X 13.5 inches wide X 9 inches high

Materials:
Untreated wood (treated has chemicals- not good for growing veggies!), lots of nails, hammer


First, I layered newspaper down on the area (about 6-10 pages thick). This is to kill the grass and prevent any weeds from sneaking in. It also helps retain water!


After that, I set my garden bed on top and watered down the newspaper.  


Next I added some chunky organic material. Luckily, I had a bag full of old bamboo leaves from cleaning up the other week.  I spread them out and watered them down as well.


Then I added some chunky soil that had lots of big pieces of bark, and watered.


I topped it all off with garden soil and the plants! (And watered of course!)

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