You can get them 34 inches deep but you have to fill all that volume. I love these beds. This has been my all time best veggie year. A few hiccups but overall. My wooden beds lasted 9 years and they weren't totally cheap to build. I won't be replacing these.
I was thinking bottom of rocks, then filter fabric, then soil. Less to bend over. I've also seen some cool raised wooden box beds. Like a table with a deep planter box.
I put the rotten boards of the old beds in along with all the gravel I sifted out of the medium. Then a bunch of cardboard. The old beds were 12 inches deep, these are 17. Play sand works well too but I prefer free stuff!
Free is good. I gave a couple of those galvanized raised beds to a friend's daughter this year. I got them through Amazon.
Someone is doing that in an indoor grow here, I read somewhere.
I was thinking for air circulation with the rocks. But open like a table is fine too. Ultimately, I just want high beds when I get older. Bending over a garden hurts my back.
17 inches is just right. You can sit comfortably and do whatever. I'm a year or two older than you, trust me!
I'm just thinking ahead lol
I AM ahead, ROFL
Yeah, my two ruptured disks hurt at 42
Oh, lol, I am not that future. My family beat themselves to pieces with skiing and tennis, but I quit early. I'm a surgeon with a shovel, lol. Love manual, mindless labor, day after day. I built my garden for my wife.
That's a great idea.....build it for my wife!
Now I just gotta get her black thumb green. She's not into it as much as me. Always said I grow way to much. Then we have to process it, and that turns it to work on her days off.
Then you are ready. Just don't mess with wood. It won't last.
I had a client years ago that wouldn't even look at any houses that had pressure treated decks, because of the chemicals. I showed them 100 houses before they bought...I remember because I got an award for it when I worked at Century 21. The beautiful house they did finally buy had an in ground swimming pool, and they filled it because they had young kids.Pressure treated all the way
I am kidding. You never want pressure treated for a garden bed. I'm fine with a deck or it being used where it's needed.I had a client years ago that wouldn't even look at any houses that had pressure treated decks, because of the chemicals. I showed them 100 houses before they bought...I remember because I got an award for it when I worked at Century 21. The beautiful house they did finally buy had an in ground swimming pool, and they filled it because they had young kids.
we are set to enjoy the show yuppers