Raised Beds

This photo of a raised bed shows how how simple it really is to get your home farm started - choose a nice sunny spot for each garden.

The material used for the sides is Nutec fascia board which is cheap, light weight, rot proof and very strong. This bed is 1.5m x 600mm x 225mm high, its the perfect dimensions for a productive home farm.

In the far corner you see the right angle join is done with a short length of 38 x 38 treated timber and is screwed into place through the board using self drilling screws.

The white floor is a polyester membrane to separate the ground from the compost and the twigs at the bottom are laid down first to provide a long life of nitrogen availability for the soil.

Fill the raised bed with compost and that's it, your done!

This photo of a raised bed shows how how simple it really is to get your home farm started - choose a nice sunny spot for each garden.

The material used for the sides is Nutec fascia board which is cheap, light weight, rot proof and very strong. This bed is 1.5m x 600mm x 225mm high, its the perfect dimensions for a productive home farm.

In the far corner you see the right angle join is done with a short length of 38 x 38 treated timber and is screwed into place through the board using self drilling screws.

The white floor is a polyester membrane to separate the ground from the compost and the twigs at the bottom are laid down first to provide a long life of nitrogen availability for the soil.

Fill the raised bed with compost and that's it, your done!

It is clear that old tyres can be stacked to increase height and produce with the least amount of effort or money.

There are hundreds of designs for raised bed gardens, some are very aesthetically pleasing and can be costly, whilst others can be made from free wood off old used pallets, or even tin corrugated roof sheeting.

Always remember that you are building a farm, it may be small, but it will help to feed you and your family, so it is not an expense but an investment.

You can even use old tyres as raised garden beds...

You can even use old tyres as raised garden beds...

Old tyres are very useful and spacious specially for crops like potatoes where you can keep adding a tyre to the stack to add soil and it becomes really easy to harvest, simply lift the tyre and shake out all your potatoes.

Avoidable Mistakes with your Raised Garden Bed

Watch this video before you start your raised garden bed, it will save you a lot of time and inconvenience and money.

This type of home farm is becoming most popular and it would pay  you to take the time to do it right from the very beginning.

In our Nutrients page you will find the exact nutrient for these raised beds.

How to fill in your Raised Garden Bed

Raised garden beds are extremely efficient and easy to control, and far superior to normal ground level gardens for a host of reasons.

It is relatively cheap and highly efficient as you create the perfect growing conditions for all veggies.

Watch the Youtube video on the left and see how this Aussie guy does it.

We will elaborate with lots more information on how to build these beds for really very little money.

Concrete block Raised bed?

So this may be the cheapest and strongest of them all, the standard concrete block, you can use the 150mm, or the 200mm block and if you follow the instructions in the video to the left, you will make the perfect garden bed and you can make it as high as you want.

How to make a simple Raised Bed garden @ Home

Ever wondered how you could make your own garden raised bed with as little effort as possible?
Well this is one way you can do it.