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The first of 4 Small Space Garden Designs I'm creating to inspire people who have no space to garden! This simple DIY uses very little materials and is a snap to put together. Check it out!
This is a quick video of the vegetable beds I make out of pallets in about 10 mins.
Hi everyone! Welcome to my garden. I grow vegetables in raised beds since it is more convenient, useful, and attractive. Raised garden beds can be quite expensive, so I want to show you how you can make your own raised garden beds from pallets!You might have heard that pallet wood isn't safe to use for garden beds where you will be planting vegetables. Here is what you should look for. There should be a stamp on the side of the pallet showing how the wood has been treated. The only one you have to be wary of is MB (which stands for methyl bromide), since the chemical in it can leach in to the food.
If you have basic hand tools like a saw and a hammer you can build a simple, functional raised garden bed out of common lumber found at your hardware store. Modern treated lumber is safe for garden use, unlike in the past, and is weather resistant. This will keep out turtles and slow down weeds from overtaking your plants.
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I have 2 dogs and a fence that is wire over rail and does not quite reach to the ground. we just bought this house but we will only be here for a couple of years so we don't want to put much money into it. I was thinking to keep the dogs from digging out I would bury chicken wire around the perimeter. I also thought that I could maybe put a raised garden bed over the chicken wire so it isn't so ugly, and plant pole beans, corn, sunflowers around the edge to hide the wire fence. Thoughts?
Hi, we've grown a veggie garden for many years but this year we're trying raised beds. We bought 50 cider blocks to use one level high to start. We'll have 5 separate beds, each approx. 4x3' in size. We'll adjust next year if necessary. The raised beds will be on top of the ground that our family successfully gardened for over 70 yrs. However, after a few neglectful years it's now covered with weeds & grass. It's been exhausting the last 3 seasons --a constant battle fighting those intrusive weeds. So this year, instead of digging & tilling it again, we're trying beds. MY QUESTION: Should we put a weed barrier underneath the blocks? The soil under the grass/weeds was always great for gardening --very rich-- but the weeds now have deep runners. I thought maybe heavy mulching around the bed veggies would discourage the weeds from growing upward to the surface, but...? And if we do put down a barrier, won't the tomatoes and other longer rooted plants fight for soil space within the bed? I thought they'd probably need the ground soil (below the bed) to grow better & stronger...? Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated-- Thank you!!
wanting to build some raises beds for gardening, would like something that has a water source id possible.
i live in Houston where the humidity and heat affects the wood.
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