Original post from Skippy's Vegetable Garden, March 26, 2008
While I wait for more sprouts and planting, I'm posting some information on my raised beds.
My husband made the beds about 10 years ago from boards of 2x6 pressure treated lumber. They measure 3.8 ft by 9 ft. I have five adjacent beds. Between each is a pathway that ranges from 15 to 17 inches wide, but you might want to make them wide enough for your rake (I use an adjustable rake).
To make the beds, my husband just laid the wood on the surface of ground. He made stakes (about 2x2x12) that were pounded into 3 of the 4 corners of each bed. The frame is screwed into these stakes. The stakes hold the beds in place.
After making the frames, we filled them with about 3 or 4 inches of a mixture of peat, composted manure and topsoil.
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