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How high to fill raised beds
George the Pigman:
I now have my 4ft by 8ft by 6inch high raised beds in situ and need to fill them. They are parked directly on the allotment soil.
How deep should I fill them bearing in mind I will be adding more soil/compost over time and they are already on decent allotment soil?
Plot22:
Over the years I have made my wife several raised beds one running the entire length of the bottom of our garden at home and then two more that she wanted in the centre of the garden. I started planning how to fill them months before I built them. Bearing in mind that our allotment is a mile away from where we live. I saved all my compost bags the previous season so I could transport the stuff. First we saved all the leaves from the 6 sycamore that are in the garden then I added bag after bag of composted cow muck and finally we emptied both pallet size compost bins and transported that as well. The following year we again added cow muck and some more compost because it does settle down quite dramatically. Just a tip I laid all the raised beds on hardcore and lined them inside and at the bottom with supermarket type banners. Having done all that I had to replace the ones at the bottom of the garden after 10 years because the old ones had rotted.
BarriedaleNick:
If you fill them to the top then as mentioned above they will settle down by 2 or 3 inches over the year so you can add more muck anyway...
That reminds me - time for another trip to the stables!
Paulh:
How high to fill the raised beds?
Not too much, so that you don't overspend on soil and compost,
Not too little, so that the soil depth isn't adequate.
In other words, just the right amount or the Goldilocks solution.
Never let it be said that I'm not trying to be helpful.
Deb P:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vxgPyTrs8&t=0s
https://youtu.be/qiynadxrrPE
Great link from an Australian ‘Self sufficient me’ site about making and filling raised beds….
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