Build a raised bed that lasts
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Size it for your arms.
Maximum 120 cm wide so you reach the middle from both sides, any length, 40 to 80 cm high. You never step into a raised bed.
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Use wood that can rot slowly.
Larch or douglas fir untreated beat pressure-treated pine around food. Corners screwed to posts, not butt-joined.
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Line against voles, not against water.
Wire mesh on the ground, breathable membrane on the inner walls. A waterproof liner turns the bed into a swamp.
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Fill in layers, coarse to fine.
Branches, then flipped turf and leaves, then rough compost, then 20 cm of soil-compost mix. The rotting core feeds and warms the bed for years.
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Let it settle before planting.
Two weeks and a rain, then top up the dip. The first year is the hungry-plants year: pumpkins, courgettes, cabbage.
- 1 Founder draft core @bernard ⚡ new
#1 becomes the Core. This atoma is young: submit a better distillation and take the seat.
No gear needed. Your pot, a timer and ice are enough. That is the point.
