Prepare the substrate properly

Raised bed should stand directly on the ground

Unless you have a Compost raised bed plan, you should plan this with open ground and contact with the ground - this means that the raised bed should stand directly on the ground. The reason for this is simple: Only in this way can all kinds of useful animals such as earthworms and others, for When preparing compost, important microorganisms migrate from the earth into the raised bed and do their useful work there accomplish. Otherwise it will be difficult to compost the desired material, even if, for example, you can buy earthworms and put them in the raised bed.

Does a raised bed have to have an open floor?

Of course, such a raised bed does not necessarily have to have an open floor and stand on bare ground, and that is not always possible. At a Balcony raised bed for example, you don't have this option at all; you need other ideas there. If the raised bed is only filled with soil (instead of compostable material), it is in any case Basically just a larger planter and can also stand on stone, tiles or any other surface.

Regardless of the surface: water must be able to drain off

But whether it is in contact with the ground or not: Excess water, for example from the last downpour or from watering, should be able to drain away immediately. Otherwise you will soon have a raised bog bed and grow your own swampy landscape. For this reason, too, an open ground and contact is too loose, drained soil so important: here the water simply runs through the bed and seeps into the ground. at solid surfaces made of stone, tiles or wood you have to find other drainage options.

This is how you prepare the optimal subsurface for the raised bed

The ideal subsurface for the raised bed is evenly and even with firm, but still loose and permeable soil. It is best to prepare the substrate before building the bed as follows:

• Find a suitable location.
• Mark out the desired space for the raised bed with its dimensions.
• Dig a shallow pit that size.
• Remove (save!) Turf, larger stones and weed root weeds.
• Loosen up the soil in the bed underground a little.
• If necessary, lay the surface with a Weed control(€ 13.47 at Amazon *) the end.
• Set up the raised bed.
• Place rabbit wire in the bottom of the bed as a vole repellent.
• Fill in the drainage layer as the first layer.

Both inorganic materials such as stones or organic materials such as rough woodcuts, larger branches and even tree stumps are suitable for the drainage layer. Make sure you fill in the spaces well. You can then fill the raised bed as desired.