wow a new post how are ya?

check our site for how we do raised beds too easy realy.

you don't need 300mm right up fronmt or ever for vege' growing we start at around 6" to 8" and build up to around 12"s, but with the right edging you can go as deep as you need/like for us that means in the future we will need around 2 foot high sides min', takes a lot of organic matter to get that height but!

len

A clever design I saw once was horse-shoe shaped beds. I think it was based on a Buddhist garden (not sure) and was easily accessible from both sides. I have no plans though.

Ps.: Glad to see you here, too. :)

Sheep wool because we have it on hand. It's a great layer of mulch. Keeps the weeds at bay. After 1-2 years you won't know it was there.

i used clip lok roofing (same sort of thing as corrugated all made from zincaluum then in this case colour bonded), they lasted for years as far as i know the bloke who bought those agrdens only pulled them out of recent times because he no longer wanted gardens. i'd use that again if i could source it when needed deviced a way where only the middle of long beds needed any support.

also see on the yuppy garden shows on tv they show prefab corrugated garden beds about 2 foot tall some round like a tank other retangular with rounded corners (bet they ain't cheap?), and as my back isn't getting any younger i was thinking along the corrugated lines to get garden height.

i was just going to use sheets and galvanises star pickets as upright supports, saw a lady on one of those shows she ahd doe that looked ok to me, the toffy noses mightn't like it, but hey they looked functional well as functional as the bought product best bit would be if a sheet or the sheets do corrode then too wasy to replace as need be hey.

even timber won't last forever.

len

for some besser blocks are heavier to work with when using them.

also depends on how you are going to use them for what problems/issues to be aware of.

if you aren't going to cement them then the base around the garden will need to be even and level or the blocks will look higeldy pigeldy and want to fall over, if using them loose like that then you need to lock them together someway or use steel stakes to peg them inline with? not using cement will then allow for plantings of say herbs in the gaps of the blocks. also using them loose may not work totally as a weed barriere as grass may find its way through between the blocks.

and if you are cementing them in (a somewhat permanent idea) then the footing will most likley need to be reinforced and siufficient enough so they don't crack, not sure if you would then fill the gaps in the blocks with concrete and use reo' rod to lock them together.

len