Now that I had these great raised garden beds, I wanted a way to fill them as cheaply as possible. Part of this is just because we wanted to save some money and the rest was that our car couldn’t fit many bags of soil so we were trying to save some trips back and forth from the store. I found this link about how to fill raised beds with other stuff besides just regular garden soil (which is what we got for the rest, the type made for vegetable gardens).
Laid out cardboard, then newspaper over it, and wet the newspaper down.
Decided to use the grass clippings (newer) and the older compost
materials for the very bottom layer of the raised beds.
materials for the very bottom layer of the raised beds.
Then we (and our big helper) worked to fill the beds with soil that we got from a store.
We shopped around to find the best (current) price which I believe was $6/bag.
DIYDanielle
Wednesday 22nd of May 2013
There might be some other magical purpose, but wetting the newspapers down kept them from blowing away. :)
Dragon's Blossom
Wednesday 22nd of May 2013
They look great! I wanted to do this but had to replant the lawn instead due to ant and god knows what else infestation. Definately next year! What is the purpose of wetting the newspaper? Just to hold it in place from sliding around while you add the dirt or some other purpose? Great job!
DIYDanielle
Tuesday 21st of May 2013
Basil is awesome and easy! :) I love how they can be revived even after they look pretty much entirely dead. Haha. Hopefully this year my garden turns out okay... I wasn't particularly skilled at patio gardening.
Elisabeth (Beth)
Tuesday 21st of May 2013
Oh that looks like so much fun- I'm jealous! I think I may have time to grow a basil plant this year, but probably not anything else. Happy gardening!