The New Raised Garden Beds

We decided that we would have a go at making our own corrugated iron raised garden beds. Our neighbour was able to source some colourbond at a good price so we went in together to build the beds.

Here you can see the other half cutting up the sheets with the angle grinder.

From two sheets of colourbond we each got two garden beds - here are ours.


The ends were riveted together.

Some protective paint was applied to the side that had been cut to help prevent rust.

The garden beds were then installed straight on top of the lawn.

Newspaper added.

First layer of straw - we actually brought a big round bale of meadow hay - at the bargain price of $40 as it would have cost a small fortune to buy enough small bales!!

Will show the next stage of the no dig fill in the next post - here is a picture of our potato towers which have also just been topped up with the hay.

Stay tuned for the next update.