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(24-01-2021, 05:20 PM)Scarlet Wrote: I used scaffolding boards for my beds, but my garden gets very wet and waterlogged in the winter. They just lasted 5years.I am sick of dealing with rotted sided beds which are a harbour for slugs,snails .earwigs and all sorts of creepy crawlies. I have gardened on beds without sides before until I sourced material to put sides on them. In retrospect they were OK without sides and I don't know why I bothered.
I just have a patch now. I walk all over it I'm not very disciplined.
I am looking more at mounded beds than raised beds and hopefully this little bit of extra height will get me above the water table?
I just watched another video where his beds were 30 inches and his paths 14 inches which apparently is standard for a market garden?
Decisions, decisions but the 2 foot bed / 1 foot path is my favourite up to now. Herring boned on a gentle slope to the bottom of my plot should enable water run off as well, although the plot holder behind me may not be to happy about that!
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