Raised Vegetable Garden Layers
Raised beds can be as humble or creative as you like.
Raised vegetable garden layers. Cardboard is the same as newspapers. The next layer needs to be something that s low in nitrogen and decomposes slowly like bark chip mulch. Raised vegetable gardens are loved by gardeners backs because there is less stooping and digging. Even large gardens can benefit from pots placed in nooks and crannies of wasted space especially for notorious plants that love to spread like mint and certain cane berries in larger pots.
Cover this with geotextile or weed matting and make sure you pull it up the sides and over the top to cover those sharp edges. You will have healthy nutrient rich soil a barrier to keep weeds and grass from growing up through your garden and a raised garden that will make your gardening chores easier. Line the bottom with thick layers of newspaper or cardboard. So phooey to all that seriously wicked waste of energy.
Layer those ingredients to build your garden soil lasagna style or layer soil and amendments into a raised bed. If you are building raised beds it will be easier to create the layered no dig garden as you ll have a border that the organic matter cant fall out of. Build your bottom layer cardboard or newspaper. A raised vegetable garden bed can be as high as a kite as low as your toe and as many layers as you want to stack on.
The only difference is cardboard can last a little longer as compared to the newspaper. Raised bed gardening means growing plants in soil that is higher than the ground. No dig gardens are built by layering garden soil. After some time the newspaper will decompose and add a layer of humus in your raised bed soil which is a plus point of using newspapers.
Raised bed lasagna garden the no dig gardening method is almost a mix of lasagna gardening where you layer dirt and compost and raised bed gardening where you build a structure. Alternatively you can build an edge with rocks bricks or wooden posts.