Raised garden on concrete?

1. Create a bottomless perimeter structure.
2. Fix it to the ground.
3. Fill the prefabricated structure with potting soil and expanded clay to aid drainage.
4. Plant vegetables and start growing your new DIY raised garden.

Why raised garden?

Better drainage with the raised vegetable garden

Soil in raised base gardens is better drained, getting rid of excess water first and preventing waterlogging that could cause plants and roots to rot. It is also a great way to optimize water consumption for irrigation.

How to divide garden vegetable garden?

The traditional approach is to divide the field as if it were a grid, with walkways parallel or perpendicular to each other. The flower beds must be made of a maximum width of 120 cm, which allows you to carry out work inside, without having to climb onto the cultivated land.

How to delimit the flower beds in the garden?

Bricks and stones

To keep the water in the bed and make it visible, one of the most popular solutions is to use bricks or stones. Dig a small moat around the parcel and place bricks along it. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, they retain water in the rectangle they define.

RAISED GARDEN, why build it? | build a raised vegetable garden pt.1

What to do with 1000 meters of land?

1. Build a house.
2. Start a business
3. Cultivate or breed.
4. Breeding snails.
5. Building an airsoft pitch.
6. Rent the land.

How to make a raised flower bed?

Fill the base of the flower bed with a layer of branches and coarse pruning to a height of about 20 cm, placing it on the wire mesh. To do this, use a fork. On top, lay some sods with the grass side facing down and compact them well.

How to make a perfect vegetable garden?

1. The importance of drainage. ...
2. A natural fertilizer rich in magnesium. ...
3. Retain dirt from drainage holes. ...
4. Peppers love sulfur. ...
5. What can be done with milk. ...
6. Don't throw away the egg shells! ...
7. How to tie climbing plants.

How to organize the home garden?

1. Working the soil.
2. Feed it with manure, compost or earthworm humus.
3. Implement the irrigation system.
4. Proceed with sowing or transplanting, paying attention to maintaining the distances between the vegetables and respecting the design of the garden.

How to make a vegetable garden from scratch?

If you are starting from scratch and you have a lawn, the first thing to do is remove the grass and clean everything from roots and stones. The second step will be plowing or digging, then it will be necessary to spread fertilizer on the ground (manure or ripe compost are fine), hoe and finally level everything with a rake.

How to make a small synergistic vegetable garden?

There must be a minimum of three types of plants at a time, of which at least one species belonging to legumes, and one belonging to the lily, such as garlic or onion, which must be positioned along the perimeter of the pallets. In this same area, aromatic plants can also be placed.

What to plant in the suspended garden?

Perennial vegetables are to be excluded in the vertical garden, as they need to be repotted and this involves more care: an example are asparagus and artichokes. Super recommended, however, are aromatic plants, such as rosemary, sage, thyme, mint, basil and marjoram.

What is the most suitable land for growing a vegetable garden?

Universal soil is fine to make vegetables, while other crops such as citrus fruits and berries may need a more specific soil for acidophilic plants. I don't recommend taking already fertilized soil: you can easily take plain soil and add humus or compost.

How to make a vegetable garden in wooden boxes?

1. Cover the base of the wooden box with the jute cloth. ...
2. Now you can fix the sheets on the box with a simple nail or staple gun. ...
3. Now you can put the expanded clay in the box and immediately put the potting soil on top.

How to make a vegetable garden with permaculture?

Grow several plants together so they can protect each other from the elements (wind, sun, etc.). This will help them survive and create an even more resilient garden. Remember: a plant alone in a bare soil pallet is like a man standing in the middle of the desert under the scorching sun!

How is a biodynamic vegetable garden made?

There is a lot of sympathy in the biodynamic garden

To set up a good biodynamic garden, it is in fact necessary to "associate" the plants with each other: each plant emits acid secretions and gases, both from the roots, and from the leaves and fruits.

How is a vegetable garden measured?

The walkways in the garden are essential, in order to pass through the cultivation without stepping on plants or cultivated soil. The width of the walkway will be 50/70 cm, it is advisable to divide the parcels so that they do not go beyond 2 meters in width each.

How to arrange the plants in a vegetable garden?

Associate vegetables with deep roots and those with superficial roots: those with shallow roots will not take away space from those rooted deeper, for this reason onion or garlic are often associated with tomato plants without the need to have more space in the container .

How deep must a vegetable garden be?

The most common shape is the rectangular one. For two people, a garden of about 40 square meters, 10 meters long and 4 deep is enough. The usable area is 25 square meters served by three long aisles 50 cm wide that allow you to comfortably carry out all the necessary operations.

How do you look after a vegetable garden?

For a garden on the ground it may be sufficient to water 2/3 times a week, raised beds or potted plants drain faster so it will be necessary to water daily. Eliminate the weeds that deplete the soil and take away water and nutrients from the plants in the garden.

How do you make a flower bed?

The flower beds are simple to design, just make a small corner of the garden and delimit it with a curb. In the point where the flower bed will rise, it is essential to fertilize the earth in order to plant annual flowers, to be changed during each season according to the taste of your favorite color.

How to fill the flowerbed?

1. 30% wood chips.
2. 40% compost.
3. 30% land per raised bed.

How to use tuff in the garden?

The use of tuff bricks in garden constructions

They can be used to pave both the paths and the driveways of the gardens. Tuff bricks are also used for the creation of boundary walls, whose installation will be done using dry mortar.

What to do with one hectare of land?

1. Beekeeping. I wrote a dedicated article for aspiring beekeepers (how to become a beekeeper). ...
2. Farmyard animals. ...
3. Snail farming. ...
4. Vermiculture. ...
5. Truffle farming. ...
6. Mushroom growing. ...
7. Saffron cultivation. ...
8. Grow berries.

What to raise in a small plot?

• Mushroom cultivation.
• Aloe vera cultivation.
• Goji berry cultivation.
• Cultivation of saffron.
• Lavender cultivation.
• Snail farming.
• Educational farm.
• Bamboo cultivation