You ll get plenty of fresh produce for your summer meals and it will be easy to keep up with the chores.
Building a veggie garden.
A good size for a beginner s vegetable garden is 10x10 feet about the size of a small bedroom.
Build several garden beds in different shapes to add interest and variety to your gardening.
Select a garden area.
Avoid areas that are shaded by your house or a tree during part of the day.
Choose a spot with good drainage and rich soil.
Step 2 cut and assemble the frame photo by ask this old house tv.
To improve drainage and prevent weeds from growing up into the garden he removed the grass beneath the bed and tilled the earth before adding soil.
Lay them down one by one with the inner corners touching.
Building a vegetable garden like this seriously messier than these pictures can be achieved in a couple of hours if you have the materials on hand.
Whatever you choose to plant this layout will make it easier for you.
After finding a favorite spot for your raised garden bed pinpoint the wood planks or you can easily make you required size of wood planks by cordless miter saw or hacksaw.
A bale of lucerne and a bale of straw will spread over a garden about 2m by 1 5m.
You determine if an area has good drainage by checking it after a heavy rain.
Vegetables need strong full sunlight so choose the sunniest part of your yard to create your vegetable garden.
The layout provides you with a recommended number of plants in each square foot of the design.
Vegetable gardens need a lot of light so roger and his helpers placed the bed in an area that gets sun for most of the day.