Fresh from the Garden

[Griff]

Originally posted by Undertoad
What do you do, just build a little box of planks and fill it higher than the surrounding ground with the soil of your choice? Anchor it down every few yards somehow?

Yep, that's exactly it. I built all mine of 1x8 rough cut hemlock 4 feet across with two being 10 feet long and the other three 8 feet long. I filled them with topsoil scraped for my new driveway, picked the bigger stones out, and mixed in finished compost and sand. I then drove stakes in around them to keep them from moving. I set them close to the house, next to my fruit trees, which makes it easy to stop in for a couple minutes to check things out. The location has already paid off since I just caught a Japanese beetle incursion into my plums and apples before any serious leaf loss.

mmm... England must be wonderful for gardening. Let us know how the new place works out.