How can I make a raised garden bed in a thrifty way?
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Rachel
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Any ideas about making a super inexpensive raised bed garden? And tips on keeping rabbits and other critters (including a very veggie loving Doberman) from eating the spoils of labor before I get to them!? TIA!
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Your going to think I am crazy but I have a system that works. Save your urine. Pour it around your raised bed garden. Nothing will get past it. It really wroks and it is as cheap as you can get. I learned this last year and it worked for me. I have groundhogs & rabbits eating my peppers and cukes. I tried that method and viola, the veggies came in.
Nellie Lewis
Great idea. I hope raccoons don't like the urine smell either.
When I first plant my veggies, I place a plastic pot with the bottom cut out upside-down over top of the plants. I just use old ones that last year's flowers came in from the nursery and pull a little soil around the outside so they don't blow away. It protects them from spring winds and critters while they are young and tender. Once they've started to grow well, the bunnies and ground hogs in my neighborhood seem to lose interest! Doubt it'll work with doggie though.
GREAT idea! Thanks! Yeah the dog is a whole other "beast"... never seen a dog that will literally pick fruit off a tree by sniffing to see which are ripest first.
I have a pair of cockers that pick all the blackberrier, but mind you ONLY the ripe ones, which makeit hard for the Black Lab to sniff out on the ripe ones...lucky for her, she has longer legs!
I have dogs. I use the dry dog food bags to "raise" my garden. 3 stakes, rods, or other straight stick supports them while I fill with dirt. The bags can withstand UV for about 3 years.
my cat likes to chew on plastic. there is a product called "bitter yuck", and another called "fooey" both don't taste to good for cats or dogs. they are non toxic. if used outdoors i'd respray after wet weather.
I cut the bottom off plastic milk containers to save my seedlings from birds etc. Just pop the bottle over your plants and bury the the bottom an inch or so or use a bamboo stake to stop critters pushing it over. With the lid removed they act as mini glass houses and the snails/grasshoppers don't seem to be bothered climbing all the way to the top either. You can change them to larger sizes as the plants grow and reuse them next year when you don't need them. Soda bottles work as well.