If you’re in an area with lots of buried stones this may be an ideal option for you. I’m thinking of the beautiful stone walls ribboning New England. Maybe some of the ideas in this post will help you find the best garden edging or raised bed solution for you and your garden. I didn’t line my raised beds and actually advise against it. The simple fact is that lining raised beds with plastic sheeting just gives an ideal spot for slugs and snails to hide in before coming out at night to munch your veggies.

Gardening Tools: A brush for oil application, gloves for protection, and a shovel for filling in soil will be necessary. Continue and repeat the process to join all your length pieces together and then add the other side when you have reached the length you want. Step 8 – Height This is a cheap bed and it is only made from pallet wood so it is not going to last forever no matter what you do, so I just choose to accept that and let the wood rot down naturally. Snails in raised bed liningSalad leaves like lettuce are a great place to start your growing journey. You don’t need a deep container for these because lettuce roots don’t extend down very far. Fill your pots with potting mix (most crops will happily grow in any multi-purpose bagged compost) and make a hole big enough for your lettuce plug. Push a lettuce plant out of its plug and firm it into the hole you’ve made. Finish with a good drink of water to settle it in. Lettuce is a is easily grown in containers Gardening can be a great way to save money, by growing your own food, particularly high-cost items like herbs. Since you’re still reading, I’m guessing you do want something to contain your garden beds. If you haven’t decided between edging and raised beds yet, then here are some thoughts to help you decide. Reasons you might want to use a raised bed: Here are some cheap ways to make raised beds. No waffling on for hours about the benefits of raised beds, just straight to the good stuff! A Note About Pallets

I hope this post will help you think outside the garden box, and find the right solution for your garden. Decide Between Raised Beds, Edging, and Nothing at All There are plenty of ways to make newer, safer pallet collars look aged and rustic without risking your health. So to make sure they’re safe, buy your pallet collars from a trusted source. All the pallet collars available from the Universal Pallets online shop are reconditioned, so you’re being environmentally friendly too. As a garden edge, cor ten offers the same benefits. Several commercial cor ten edging products are available. 19. Corrugated Metal Garden Edging

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A few ceramic edging ideas include ceramic pipes, old plates, terracotta pots, and broken pottery. Maybe this is a good use for that collection of pieces from your beginning pottery classes. Metal Edging Ideas 18. Cor Ten Steel Edging

This kind of plastic does begin to break down over time, so these won’t last forever, but they can be a great free way to get started. Scaffold Boards Scaffold Boards I went with the straight above method as strength is not a concern for me as it’s not going to be holding much soil and I am only going up two pallet boards in height. Done! So you could hunt for pallets and do this for free or buy it for a low price already cut down. What You Need

Alternatively, you can sow directly into your salad container by scattering the seeds very thinly over the surface. Cover them over with a little more potting mix and then give them a gentle watering. You’re working with a limited budget and don’t want to spend money on materials for edging or raised beds. These rustic looking pallet collars came directly from Universal Pallets for this beautiful Italian-style garden: I love the idea of using a waste product that the world is seemingly drowning in (plastic) to create building materials instead of traditional materials that aren’t necessarily sustainable. The problem is the solution! Put two of your cut down prices are right angles from one another to make a corner and hammer into the ground.