Diy Self Watering Raised Garden Bed

Build the end frames.

Diy self watering raised garden bed.

Dig all the soil out of the bed. Use things like peat moss coir coco vermiculite perlite or even a little pine bark mulch. You can build several of them easily and solve the problem of watering once for all. Hopefully the self watering system will work by wicking moisture from the reservoir to the root systems.

Make sure the spot you choose for your bed gets the light you need for what you re planting. The materials used for this diy wicking raised garden bed project include old shipping pallets a common urban waste resource corrugated plastic political signs probably the best use of these. Using 200mm x 75mm sleepers cut 6 lengths 2700mm long and 6. Worm castings make a nice addition.

I decided to build a 4 x 8 frame. Making a garden bed isn t a difficult task we ve already rounded up several garden bed tutorials but if you are making a garden bed from wood it should be waterproof. Make the bed with copper treated timber sleepers. Shae has been deciding what she wants to plant and already has a few ideas.

You want something with strong wicking capability while also allowing for healthy aeration. Dig down to the bottom of the wall and rake the soil to remove any sharp objects. Constructing the frame step 1. We should only have to water once a week even during the hottest days of summer.

Leave a comment with what you would plant. The bulk of the mix should be peat moss coir. Lay 2 pieces of 200um builder s plastic in the bottom of. The scale of those dimensions fit my yard.