Build Two Raised Herb Gardens for Less Than $50
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Carol Dydowicz on May 06, 2020
Nice looking garden. I have used cardboard in this way. It helps but I think it also depends on what weeds and grasses you're dealing with. And how neat a gardener you are (and I'm not). I live with Bermuda grass which has a spreading underground root so it manages to defeat cardboard. I also have nutgrass --same thing.
Hope you might post your garden in 2021.
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Michele Pappagallo on May 07, 2020
Yes, I like using cardboard whenever possible. We do get some tough weeds as well, but I try to stay on top of them by pulling them as soon as I see them. It's a never-ending battle! LOL I wish I could post a 2021 oic of my herb garden, but we moved recently, so we no longer live at that house. I will be setting up new garden beds here soon, so I will be starting the process all over again. LOL
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Michele Pappagallo on May 07, 2020
This is a picture of the herbs after they started growing in a bit.....
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Carol Dydowicz on May 09, 2020
Doing well, Michele. Right now, the only thing surviving in my herb garden is a 3 year old rosemary, and thyme. Need to revamp the whole thing next year. Right now I'm pulling weeds and piling on the bare areas, When they die down and turn brown they sort of look like mulch. Hope your garden continues to do well.
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what type of wood? Many planks will rot out in a few years...Redwood or the new wood composites work best, cost more but endure..
I'm doing a raised vegetable bed like this. Your garden seems shallow, good enough for herbs but not veggies. How deep did you dig? I would think at least 2 -3 feet for a veg root system.
Did you have to punch holes in the bottom of the plastic for drainage?