We moved into our new home with its very lovely, low maintenance tropical garden. There was just one thing missing; somewhere to grow some vegetables and herbs. At 70, bending down to plant and weed and maintain a vegetable garden didn't seem very smart so the solution was to build some raised garden beds. We had an ideal location that would be bathed in sun most of the day. Off to Bunnings to buy treated pine timber for the frame, colourbond sheeting for the sides and concrete mix to anchor it in place and provide an easy care mowing strip. Before cutting the timber to size I stained it in its 4.8m lengths. The frame is external with no wet soil in contact to rot the wood and no possibility of leeching from the preservative in the timber into the soil. I built 2 raised garden beds, each 800mm high 2400mm long and 800mm deep. I ensured that they were located 600mm off the fence line so that you can work the garden from both sides. The finished job looks quite good, don't you think?
