Last year, we tried growing some veg in pots. A combination of forgetting to water, weeds and dastardly (but adorable!) little chipmunks made for not a great harvest.
This year, we decided it was time to build a raised bed. After much googling and indecision about what to use (cedar/trex?) we decided to go over to the old HD and grab some cinder block. The main reason being, there was no screwing/nailing required, and no worries about termites infesting the concrete blocks. Plus we could plant little strawberries in the holes!
It turns out a pallet will not fit in the back of the wee Ranger, so we had to load the 32 blocks in by hand with the help of the dudes in orange. Not too bad. However, carrying them from the car park to the garden was not as much fun for poor T, who suffered for it the next day. (I carried 2!) I was in charge of clearing the very weedy ground, laying out the landscaping fabric and stacking the blocks.
I was aiming for something about 2' wide, but due to extreme lack of proper planning we ended up about 3' which is a little deeper than I would like, given once the plants grow it will be a little tougher to reach the back. We decided to stack 2 high, to give enough depth for potatoes, and to stop Madra peeing on our food.
We filled this bad boy up with a mix of top soil and bumper crop, and planted red and white onions, potatoes, chives, spring onions, lettuce and carrots.
Next step will likely be to protect the top from the dastardly chipmunks with some pvc pipe and netting.
Fingers crossed we will soon be eating from our garden!
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