How to make beds in the garden correctly and beautifully

A summer cottage is not just a house and a piece of land! For many, it is a way of life and an opportunity to achieve your goals! You may ask – which ones? There may be several! For example, to make the land well-groomed and not like the neighboring ones. And for others, the meaning of life is to collect not just good, but a record harvest! And this is quite realistic if the beds with their own hands will be made in accordance with all the rules. This will be discussed in this article..

Content

• Fundamental Truths About Beds
• Construction of a bed with sides

• How to make the sides

Fundamental Truths About Beds

• The form. It will depend on the imagination of the owner and the area of ​​the site. The bed can be made rectangular, square, diamond-shaped, etc. It can be low or high, with a fence and without it. The most popular in recent years are gaining high beds (optimal height 40 cm). The reason is as follows.

• They are layered and therefore warm. The first layer is quickly composting materials (waste paper, branches, rags). The second – slowly composting materials (leaves, paper, grass without seeds). They are watered and covered with earth. During the rotting of the layers, heat is released that allows the crop to ripen faster.
• The sun warms the earth faster on them, but you need to water it more often.
• If you put a stucco mesh under the bottom layer, you can not be afraid of pests such as moles and mice.
• High beds do not need to be dug, they need to be made.
• There is an opportunity to collect two crops. For example, before planting the main crop, you can treat yourself to an early radish or salad.

Sizes. The optimal width is considered to be 60-100 cm. With it, caring for the landing is convenient and simple. Length is at one’s discretion.

Your garden can be made the most original

A lot of positive feedback has earned the Mitlider method of planting beds. He suggests making them 45 cm wide, no longer than 9 m long, but at the same time separate them with wide passages of 80-90 cm.
What is the advantage of this method? Vegetables receive more sunlight and are well ventilated, so they grow better and ripen even in cloudy summers. It is convenient to approach the plants. In this way, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, eggplant are planted.

• Location When thinking about how to make beds, bear in mind that they are usually located from south to north. So plants warm up more evenly throughout the day. In the morning and evening, when the sun shines on the beds on the side, vegetables do not cast so much shadow on each other. But what if the plot has a slope? In this case, the beds are located across it, which allows the water to be distributed more evenly. If the site is uneven, it is better to place the beds on the southern slope, and the northern one to be reserved for garden plantings.
• Layout. Proper planning should take into account the following points.

• You need to know what yield per 1 square. m has every kind of vegetable. So you can calculate and determine the area of ​​the beds for each species.
• Have an idea of ​​plant compatibility. Without such knowledge, a quality layout cannot be made..
• On a site with a strong slope, you need to arrange terraces and install beds-boxes on them.
• Vegetable crops should be planted so that tall plants are placed in the north of the garden. This will keep low cultures from falling into their shadow..

Construction of a bed with sides

With such beds, the garden looks more neat and easier to care for. Making them is not so difficult as to turn to specialists. Knowing how to make the beds correctly, we will equip our own garden with our own hands in three stages.

1. Let’s mark the future beds.
2. On the marked line with a shovel, select the ground and throw it at the center of the bed. The recess is 10-15 cm.
3. We make bumpers. Any hard material that can maintain the shape of the bed is suitable for them..

How to make the sides

• Boards that are fastened with screws.
• Slate pre-cut to size.
• Brick – it is used for curly beds, which are used in landscape design. It will be stationary, since it is not so easy to transfer it later.
• The height of the wall of the sides is individually selected. It is calculated as follows – to their height above ground level we add the depth of their occurrence in the soil.
• Factory enclosure made of galvanized steel with polymer coating. It can be of different colors and geometric shapes. With it, the plot will be more colorful and neat.

When the bed is ready, it needs to be issued, and then take protective measures for winter time. What does it include??

1. You can lay tracks between them with tile or stone. Lawn grass is also suitable, which not only looks beautiful, but is also pleasant for the feet.
2. In clay soil, holes are drilled in brick fences to remove water.
3. After harvesting, they dig the soil on the bed and make small mounds in the form of pyramids on it. What is it for? After winter, the ground, starting to thaw, will not burst the fence and cause harm to it.

Remember that the time spent on a high-quality arrangement of beds will not be wasted! It will be easier for you to look after the garden and there will be more time to relax! We wish you a record harvest!