I'm moving to my new house at the end of March and am trying to decid
what to do about the vegetable garden that I don't have space for. Al I will have is a sort-of passageway that is paved with bricks. But it' quite wide and I'm thinking of building a raised bed along one side tha is the whole length, out of bricks. The area gets plenty of light too.
I have a couple of questions/concerns though, but here's basically wha I'm thinking of doing:
- I don't intend to pull up the bricks (underneath the bed itself) bu will ensure there is sufficient drainage. The passage is on a sligh tilt/angle so shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, there is also onl building rubble under the bricks, so there seems no point.
- I'm wondering if I need to seal the bottom and inner sides.
- I intend to put a layer of stones in the bottom, also to ai drainage.
- There will be 3 or 4 sections separated also with a brick wall t add strength to the structure and also to be able to rotate the crops.
- I'm not sure what the minimum depth should be, especially if intend to grow carrots and onions as-well.
Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated. Thanks Mozi
-- Mozie