Raised Bed Gardening

tashasmom1201 · 07-23-2008 07:01 PM

What is the cheapest way to make a raised bed garden? I want to garden

to save money (and I also enjoy it) but I can't bend down. I would need

the beds waist high. Can anyone help??? I would also like to know

thrify ways to grow vegys.

Thanks!

Charlotte

Suzi McMullen · 07-23-2008 10:37 PM

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I haven't tried it yet. But have you seen straw gardening? You get big bales of hay. Then you plant the plants right into the straw. There is a organic compound that you put on the straw and water like crazy for a few weeks. It excellerates the breaking down of the straw. If you want you can put some dirt on top of it the straw but you don't have to. The straw sits the right height to sit a chair next to the straw. You water the straw and use fertilizer like normal. The roots grow all the way down to the ground in the straw. You have to use bedding plants for the most part unless you put a layer of dirt on top. I've seen pictures. You can use any type of plan you want as far as how to position them. The tomatoes and vining things just hang down the sides. It looks awesome!

Suzi
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What is the cheapest way to make a raised bed garden? I want to garden
to save money (and I also enjoy it) but I can't bend down. I would need
the beds waist high. Can anyone help??? I would also like to know
thrify ways to grow vegys.
Thanks!
Charlotte

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sandy miller · 07-24-2008 06:52 AM

Use 5 gallon buckets.IF you have the room that is.Also you can find those plastic storage containers fairly cheap.Fill them with your compost and soil(after drilling holes in the bottom).You can put 2 tomato plants in one storage container,2 green pepper plants in one container and so on.My husband can no longer get down or stoop so we have gone to these.Works great.Watch garage sale,yard sales,etc. and you can find these sometimes.

Sandy

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yet. But have you seen straw gardening? You get big bales of hay. Then you plant the plants right into the straw. There is a organic compound that you put on the straw and water like crazy for a few weeks. It excellerates the breaking down of the straw. If you want you can put some dirt on top of it the straw but you don't have to. The straw sits the right height to sit a chair next to the straw. You water the straw and use fertilizer like normal. The roots grow all the way down to the ground in the straw. You have to use bedding plants for the most part unless you put a layer of dirt on top. I've seen pictures. You can use any type of plan you want as far as how to position them. The tomatoes and vining things just hang down the sides. It looks awesome!</font> <font face="Arial" size="2"></font> <font face="Arial" size="2">Suzi</font>
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<div id="ygrp-text"> What is the cheapest way to make a raised bed garden? I want to garden
to save money (and I also enjoy it) but I can't bend down. I would need
the beds waist high. Can anyone help??? I would also like to know
thrify ways to grow vegys.
Thanks!
Charlotte

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brown_eyed_girl375 · 07-24-2008 09:00 AM

I've seen them where the boxes were built with a piece of plywood

screwed onto the bottom of the box and drainage holes drilled in.

Then the box was placed on two sawhorses so that it was about waist

high. That may work.

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>

> What is the cheapest way to make a raised bed garden? I want to

garden

> to save money (and I also enjoy it) but I can't bend down. I would

need

> the beds waist high. Can anyone help??? I would also like to know

> thrify ways to grow vegys.

> Thanks!

> Charlotte

>

**brchbell** · 11-17-2009 10:37 PM

We use cement cinder blocks stacked up. Doesn't rot and doesn't leach chemicals into your garden soil. Easy to put arches up and cover with plastic to warm beds up in Spring or Extend the season in the Fall.

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