Texas Gardening: Raised Beds, 1 by MitchF

MitchF wrote:
I use a lot of raised beds - 4foot by about 16 foot is a good size. Just do nto cover the whole area of the trees roots and you will be fine - but one raised bed here and one there is more then ok. There are several ways to build them - here goes..

1. Out of cedar boards nailed together

2. Cover area with cardboard and pile dirt on top

3. Blocks or bricks

4. land scape beams - DO Not use if you have veggies

The dirt must be 6in at least but I tend to enjoy good thigns at about 1-2 foot deep.


Anything else? On the left you can see my first bed - this is one old photo from the first year here but everything now is in raised beds.. No trees here yet but I have helped add a few to some lots in Ellis Co that did and the general rule is dont cover all the root area just 1/4 or so.