Post by Gomer746 on Jun 30, 2016 16:11:16 GMT -5
Finally have a house I can call my own, so it was time to trash my mini boxes for more permanent raised beds. I am still in town, so yard space is still a premium.
I used primarily 6ft cedar pickets and 2x2 pine.
Basic tiered boxes. I plan on building a few more free standing tiers and adding the runners probably next year when I can get them situated. Footprint is 4x6 feet with a 4 foot rise. Boxes are 10x10.5 internal. Additional lumber was a 2x12x12 and 3 2x4x8 for supports.
Front View
All leveled, positioned, and planted. Lots of lettuce, Brussels sprouts, peppers, eggplants, and herbs. Trying something new this time and put yellow squash and cantaloupe on the very tops. Going to see if the vines will cascade down and help with water retention over the bases of the other plants.
Built two this style for raspberries and tomatoes. The raspberries, since they occasionally get out of control, have a box with a bottom, and it sits on gravel.
The tomato box has an open bottom.
Tomatoes in their new home. The little one did not handle the move well, but it is doing much better and greened up nicely. The other plant is a watermelon, which should have plenty of room to roam and provide some moisture retention.
I keep my tomatoes trimmed until they are 6 feet tall. Seems to really force them to put down good roots, and also a ton of fruit. After the haircut.
I used primarily 6ft cedar pickets and 2x2 pine.
Basic tiered boxes. I plan on building a few more free standing tiers and adding the runners probably next year when I can get them situated. Footprint is 4x6 feet with a 4 foot rise. Boxes are 10x10.5 internal. Additional lumber was a 2x12x12 and 3 2x4x8 for supports.
Front View
All leveled, positioned, and planted. Lots of lettuce, Brussels sprouts, peppers, eggplants, and herbs. Trying something new this time and put yellow squash and cantaloupe on the very tops. Going to see if the vines will cascade down and help with water retention over the bases of the other plants.
Built two this style for raspberries and tomatoes. The raspberries, since they occasionally get out of control, have a box with a bottom, and it sits on gravel.
The tomato box has an open bottom.
Tomatoes in their new home. The little one did not handle the move well, but it is doing much better and greened up nicely. The other plant is a watermelon, which should have plenty of room to roam and provide some moisture retention.
I keep my tomatoes trimmed until they are 6 feet tall. Seems to really force them to put down good roots, and also a ton of fruit. After the haircut.
