How to Make Raised Beds Properly: Both Beautiful and Practical
Before you start creating raised beds in your own garden, it wouldn’t hurt to find out what’s so good about them.
According to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , in this way the summer resident has the opportunity to save on the purchase of fertile soil, which in this case will not be poured throughout the entire garden, but exclusively in special boxes.
In addition, such beds will warm up faster in the spring, protect crops from flooding and make gardening easier.
After this, you need to decide on three important points: the shape of the beds, the material from which they will be made, and the place where they will be located.
The selected area must be leveled and beds and paths must be marked out on it.
Here's a useful tip: if you cover the area with film, you won't have to fight weeds in the future.
The beds should be arranged from north to south, and their height should correspond to your height.
Finally, a few words about filling the beds. The bottom layer is usually represented by coarse branches and twigs, followed by cuttings and autumn leaves. They are replaced by coarse compost, which, in turn, is covered with soil, substrate.
Previously we talked about how to make a compost bed .
