Raised Vegetable Beds are needed for area's with poor water drainage. If your current planting goals involve plants that require good drainage, I am sure you know how frustrating it is to have ground that just won't work with you.
Some plants thrive on the excess water that comes about from being in ground that lacks decent drainage. In fact with some plants it brings forth magnificent blooms.
However other plants just don't do well. It can cause them to drowned, you should always check the water required for your chosen type of plants. Make sure that the plants you have chosen to grow, agree with the ground you are planting them in.
Choosing a border is actually a useful step in getting your garden started. It might not actually affect the garden but having a raised garden is a fairly necessary approach for many people
Finding something decent looking to hold your plants can be a little bit more challenging.Sometimes lines running off a couple short metal poles works well, for plants such as tomatoes you will need some kind of lines for climbing trellis. You can find these at most any store though it is much cheaper to make your own,
The usual method for improving drainage for your garden is to create a raised bed. This involves creating a border for small area, and adding enough soil to it to raise it above the rest of the yard by at least 4 inches.
If you're planning to build a raised bed,if your chosen area is either on grass or on dirt the surface doesn't really matter the important thing is the need for drainage
If you want to start a raised garden in a non grassy area, you won't have much trouble. 2X4's work well for a border to retain the dirt you will be adding. After this has been created, you must add in the proper amount of soil and cow manure.
Depending on how long you plan to wait before planting, you will want to adjust the planting cycle to allow for any thing like composting that may occur.
Planting your plants in your new area won't be much of a problem. It is the same process as your usual planting method. The whole point of creating the raised bed is to improve water drainage.
If you live in an area where the ground is rough, dry, and with out a lot of nutrients, you might possibly want to test the soil and from those findings add necessary minerals along with your fertilizer.
Gerald Moran
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