Apparently that's about how long untreated wood will last when you use 10" or 12" boards for retaining your raised beds. So time to replace them and I've thought long and hard on how I want to do it. I've decided on concrete block with a capstone and then staining or possibly covering with a stone veneer.
Here's the first re-done bed. It will also function as a cold frame.
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| The one's along the house will now be flush with the wall. |
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| Looking toward the entrance to garden from front yard. |
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| Looking toward back yard. |
Couple of things I forgot in first bed but want to remember for the rest.
1. Consider lining with hardware cloth or some type of chicken wire to keep out moles/rabbits/etc.
2. Insert PVC or metal pipe to add polytunnels? Or may just make a frame for several sections out of wood with cold frame like hinged top.
3. The capstone I want is on clearance at Menard's for $0.63 each! Wow how awesome is that!
3. The capstone I want is on clearance at Menard's for $0.63 each! Wow how awesome is that!
Lay out for the rest of the beds is no longer going to be just rectangles that's boring and I can fit more garden space in by different shapes and also going to avoid some shade. The left page is the back and the right page is towards the front. The already build bed is the bed in the lower righthand corner.
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