How to plant it properly

Advantages and usage

Raised beds not only offer an increased work surface, but also take advantage of targeted organic layers Materials: As in a compost heap, these release nutrients when rotting, which the plants grown on them directly benefit. At the same time, the plants benefit from the heat generated during rotting and from the very humus-rich soil. In the first one to two years should be due to the high nutrient concentrations only heavy consumers grown are followed by middle and weak consumers. After about five to six years, the stacking has collapsed so much that it has to be rebuilt.

Building a raised bed

Raised beds are usually built with a solid frame construction, so that they are basically high earth boxes. As a result, the raised bed offers an advantage that is particularly valued by the elderly and people with back problems: It enables comfortable working while standing or sitting. The height of the raised bed can be selected according to body size: Many of these box beds are around one meter high. The length, on the other hand, is arbitrary and can be adjusted as required, only in terms of width there are limits. Raised beds with a width between 120 and 150 centimeters can still be processed well.

How to build a raised bed

Ready-made elements or Kits for raised beds available. Wooden boards and beams or round or half palisades are suitable for building the frame yourself. However, raised beds with one are more durable brick edging. And this is how you build the raised bed:

• The wooden boxes are anchored in the floor using corner pillars.
• These are particularly stable if they are anchored with metal post shoes.
• Depending on the thickness and length of the boards, additional posts increase the stability.
• Thin wooden walls are lined with a strong pond liner.
• At the bottom comes a Wire mesh,(€ 17.32 at Amazon *) the before Voles should protect.
• On top of it you pack a drainage layer made of coarse materials.
• Roughly chopped branches or twigs are very suitable for this.
• Grass sods come over this, but with the roots pointing upwards.
• On top of that, there is another 20 to 30 centimeter thick layer with well-moistened leaves.
• The penultimate shift is approx. 15 centimeters of fresh compost
• and finally garden soil, also around 15 centimeters thick.