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I'm in my early 60s and love to garden, and I'd love to do so for as long as possible. For a vegetable and flower garden I've eyed some elevated garden bed offerings : https://www.gardeners.com/buy/garden...hopping-guide/
Any recommendations or experience with these products ?
I'm in my early 60s and love to garden, and I'd love to do so for as long as possible. For a vegetable and flower garden I've eyed some elevated garden bed offerings : https://www.gardeners.com/buy/garden...hopping-guide/
Any recommendations or experience with these products ?
Yeah, that link is not working right, it says it's running a long script that is interfering.
But I agree with Greatblueheron. Look at a lot of different designs online to get some ideas and then design your own raised or elevated beds to suit the location and layout of your property and to suit your own specific personal needs. In the long run it will be less expensive for you if you design your own, buy your own building materials and have a carpenter or landscaper or other handy helper build them for you or help you to build them.
Here's the link: https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/qui...beds/8847.html
I think it is a great idea. Two things off the top of my head I wonder about is how costly these set ups are, and if they drain below the tables or are they contained.
I have an 8x4 raised bed, but it’s only about a foot high. It’s a back bender, for sure. I just cleaned it out today and was surprised to find oregano and chives still alive and kicking. Lol. Soil is still frozen here in Upstate, NY.
A helpful tip for older folks who have difficulty bending over raised beds that are less that 3 feet high - sit down on a plastic or lightweight wooden box to bring your upper body and arms down closer to the bed. I use tall heavy duty buckets or stackable plastic milk crates to sit on.
I have Gardener's Supply Company's raised beds - the black plastic grow beds.
They are terrific! Takes about two minutes to put them together. Mine are six years old and still going strong. I put black landscape fabric underneath to stop weeds. For a couple, I only put down newspapers, instead of landscape fabric, for the weeds - works well too.
I used container soil which is light weight and is easier than top soil for wedding.
The sides are high enough to help me get up. I'm your age and I have a terrible back.
Those are all very nice. I really like their spiffy little low rider scooter as the swivel seat can be lowered or raised. It would be great to use as long as you're on fairly level ground. https://www.gardeners.com/buy/swivel...vD_BwE&start=4
When I'm sitting working on sloping ground the only seat I can trust is an upside down milk crate, since the bottom corners can be turned to point in the direction of the slope as a brace and it prevents the seat from tipping over.
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