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Gardening

NutmegYankee

(16,438 posts) Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:38 AM Apr 2016

I finally got my new raised bed completed. [View all]

I added a new section of beds into the slope above my main garden. Each leg is 12 feet long and 16 inches wide. The height is 11 inches and there is another foot or so of rocky dirt below.

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I finally got my new raised bed completed. [View all] NutmegYankee Apr 2016 OP

sweet. mopinko Apr 2016 #1

Beautiful! femmocrat Apr 2016 #2

That looks great! alfie Apr 2016 #3

It was a mix of different soil types NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #4

That should work good for you. alfie Apr 2016 #5

I'll put some up this year. NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #6

Looks great! Curmudgeoness Apr 2016 #7

It's shaded in mid morning, but the rest of the sky is open to the West NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #8

Can't wait to see the pics two months from now! CrispyQ Apr 2016 #9

Looks real nice. midnight Apr 2016 #10

I thought it was a bed you bought at Ikea.....eom mrmpa Apr 2016 #11

Is that the cedar raised bed from Home Depot? lexington filly Apr 2016 #12

Greenes Fence Company. NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #13

What a great "hobby" you have, Nutmet Iwillnevergiveup Apr 2016 #14

It's access to the basement. NutmegYankee Apr 2016 #15

Beauty! Did you do a lasagna type bottom (newspaper, cardboard, etc) or straight up soil ... ebayfool May 2016 #16

I did soil on soil. NutmegYankee May 2016 #17