vegetable
patch design
Merits of raised vegetable beds
Unless you have very sandy soil the best
way to grow vegetables is in beds with raised borders, usually
called raised beds.
Water tends to run off vegetable beds when they don't have borders.
Raised vegetable beds allow much more water to soak into the actual bed.
1. Removes the sloping sides that
develop in standard vegetable beds, thus limiting the amount of
water run off and therefore waste.
2. Provides good drainage during those sodden Winter months.
3. Raised beds warm up a little more quickly then vegetable beds at ground level, which encourages seed germination and seedling growth in early Spring and aids heat loving plants like capsicum and eggplant in Summer.
2. Provides good drainage during those sodden Winter months.
3. Raised beds warm up a little more quickly then vegetable beds at ground level, which encourages seed germination and seedling growth in early Spring and aids heat loving plants like capsicum and eggplant in Summer.