Post by scrumpy on Feb 3, 2012 18:23:24 GMT
Last year i mentioned that because of my onion problems at the allotment i'd have to build a new onion bed at our house....
The back garden needs a lot of maintenace around the borders so it's time to bring forward the new walling and raised beds i was going to make and grow them there.
The only difficulty will be persuading the wife that onions make an attractive foliage plant that will be the envy of her friends when they have their tea parties on the lawn that she thinks cuts itself
So i started in October and finished it mid November. I wanted timber that was relatively easy to assemble to form a raised wall as the surrounding fence was about 15 " above my ground level and sloped back to front and side to side. I also wanted storage space and seats incorporated so that the garden could be kept tidy. The timber wall was extended to form a surround for a new patio, and spare slabs from the old patio were used to form a concrete wall and raised gravel bed to give the wife somewhere to play around with her containers.
Measured everything up, got the timber merchants to cut down everything to size. I used 8" by 2" treated timber planks for the border and after much huffing and puffing we ended up with this
The onion bed is on the right....just got to order some soil
These are the seats...3 at the back, one on the side
And here is the seat opened showing the storage space.....4 in total, 4 foot by 2 foot by 16" deep
Then it was extending to the patio
and finally the walled gravel bed
Final stage was adding aluminium edging for the lawn, which needs a bit of work on it, and surrounding everything with golden gravel.
The total length of the wall is about 45 metres, all joined together so it looks like one continuous piece which turned out quite nicely considering the changes in height we had to overcome.
Big question is, how long before i get it looking untidy
The back garden needs a lot of maintenace around the borders so it's time to bring forward the new walling and raised beds i was going to make and grow them there.
The only difficulty will be persuading the wife that onions make an attractive foliage plant that will be the envy of her friends when they have their tea parties on the lawn that she thinks cuts itself
So i started in October and finished it mid November. I wanted timber that was relatively easy to assemble to form a raised wall as the surrounding fence was about 15 " above my ground level and sloped back to front and side to side. I also wanted storage space and seats incorporated so that the garden could be kept tidy. The timber wall was extended to form a surround for a new patio, and spare slabs from the old patio were used to form a concrete wall and raised gravel bed to give the wife somewhere to play around with her containers.
Measured everything up, got the timber merchants to cut down everything to size. I used 8" by 2" treated timber planks for the border and after much huffing and puffing we ended up with this
The onion bed is on the right....just got to order some soil
These are the seats...3 at the back, one on the side
And here is the seat opened showing the storage space.....4 in total, 4 foot by 2 foot by 16" deep
Then it was extending to the patio
and finally the walled gravel bed
Final stage was adding aluminium edging for the lawn, which needs a bit of work on it, and surrounding everything with golden gravel.
The total length of the wall is about 45 metres, all joined together so it looks like one continuous piece which turned out quite nicely considering the changes in height we had to overcome.
Big question is, how long before i get it looking untidy
;D
