Integrate raised beds harmoniously and practically into the garden
If you mainly want to grow vegetables, you should create several raised beds if possible - especially if you want to provide yourself and your family with as many home-grown vegetables as possible. However, so that these raised beds do not look like boxes placed randomly in the garden, a well thought-out and harmonious grouping is recommended.
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Frame the terrace with raised beds
Two or three raised beds are particularly attractive and practical at the same time; they can be positioned in an L or U shape in relation to one another, using one or more sides to separate a terrace or a seat. The beds can be planted with vegetables - extremely practical if the patio door is near the kitchen - or as a privacy screen with appropriately tall trees or shrubs. For example, berry bushes or low fruit trees are very suitable - you and your family can nibble fresh fruit from the bush over an afternoon coffee.
Terrace culture with raised beds
Another very smart idea is the staggering of raised vegetable beds of different heights or the combination of raised beds with vegetation of different heights. Beds with tomatoes, runner beans or berry bushes keep in the background and are positioned in front of walls, walls or fences. One floor below there are lower raised beds or those with lower-growing vegetables such as cabbage, leek or zucchini. However, think about the necessary space between the beds - otherwise you will not be able to cultivate or harvest the rear bed.
Build a suitable raised bed for your terrace yourself
If you only have a small garden but a lot of terrace, you can place the raised bed or the raised beds directly on the terrace without contact with the ground. Table raised beds, for example, are very suitable for this, but “classic” raised beds closed at the bottom can also be set up. One problem in this case, however, is the lack of drainage for excess irrigation and rainwater: If you want to build such a raised terrace bed yourself, you have to find a form of drainage somehow - for example, by placing perforated boxes in the bedding boxes (e.g. . Plastic shopping baskets). These are best placed on bricks so that the water can run off and the plants do not get “wet feet”.
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Beautiful, level planting areas can also be created from hillside gardens by means of terracing and the use of raised beds.
