Practical and stylish, in every way! Original Veggie Beds are perfect for vegetables, flowers and herbs, and make fabulous alpine troughs too. With an old-fashioned 1940’s charm, these corrugated steel planters will have you eager to ‘dig for victory’ and ‘grow your own’! Just perfect for creating some vintage appeal in the garden or on the allotment. Hi, I have been gardening for over 30 years now, and enjoy experimenting with old and new techniques. Our present raised beds are made of untreated spruce and pine, rested on a sand base. I(and hubby and tractor) dug down 2 feet, laid landscaping fabric(some biodegradable and some not so much)and then filled with local soil and compost. The beds are 12 inches above ground and 4 wide 8 feet deep. We also cobbled together irregular raised beds with very old barn boards, using wooden pegs we pounded into the ground to hold the boards. this was fast simple and effective. More Expensive: There’s no getting around it, raised beds cost more than traditional vegetable plots. If you use wood then they will eventually need replacing so it’s important to work out the cost and how many years’ use you will get from them.

Choose the shape that suits your needs: as a long, narrow bed, as a traditional square bed, or one of two rectangular shapes. At 40cm high, it’s suitable for all types of vegetables, herbs and flowers and minimises bending and stooping when you’re planting or weeding. (PLEASE NOTE: The raised bed in its largest configuration will need approximately 600 litre of compost to fill it.) We recommend placing the bottom edge of the bed in a layer of 10-20mm gravel. This allows excellent drainage and protects the bottom edge of the bed. Placing on level ground is also advised. No liner is required.Then you have weed barrier cloth. Why spend your hard earned dollars when newspaper works just as well. Put several layers of newspaper,(dont use any shiny paper, just plain, thin newsprint) and wet it lightly as you go. Be sure to overlap and it will last for many, many years.Use care when laying the paper so there are no tears and wet it well at first then cover with a thin layer of soil. Viola! Money in the bank! You can also use flattened out cardboard boxes, and they work especially well on garden paths covered with mulch.

Having decided to use raised beds the next question to consider is what material to build them from. The options are: Requiring Irrigation: Because of the increased drainage raised beds often need much more water during warm weather which can require extra work or expensive irrigation systems. This is why the Square Foot Gardening method advocates mixing in vermiculite which helps retain moisture, although I prefer not to use it as it’s not a renewable resource. Manufactured from durable, weatherproof Zincalume® steel with an attractive paperbark-white Colourbond coating, lasting up to 4 times as long as normal galvanised steel.This super-strong, steel raised bed can be set up in any one of four shapes. The chic modular planter provides a modern and stylish take on galvanised trough planters. Made from extremely durable Zincalume® steel with Colourbond coating so it lasts up to four times longer than regular galvanised steel.