This may be one for the UK dudes but the rest of the world may have similar companies, and it might be worth a look. Perhaps check out shipping options and the costs. If not, perhaps have a look and see if you can make some of this stuff for yourself?
If your ground is too hard or stony to dig by hand, or if you have strength or joint problems (as I do) and you are already considering a raised garden bed project in the UK, then may I suggest a company called 'Link-a-bord. They take old UPVC and repurpose it to make modular, easy to assemble and light-weight raised garden frames. The only tool you will need for assembly is a small hacksaw to cut rods to your required size.
I do not work for them and am not getting any money for suggesting this company.
I first purchased mine 11 years ago and they show no sign of age, deterioration or failure due to soil weights or weathering. They are just as good now as when I first bought them. I was able to single-handedly build a 9 feet long by 3 feet wide raised bed in under 20 minutes.
The thermal properties of the UPVC help to keep my soil/compost mix warmer during the winters, and I never see ice or frost on my soil - unless we get a snowfall. The beds also seem to help to keep the beds a fraction cooler in the summer. I planted spinach and lettuce last year in both the UPVC beds and the smaller beds I repurposed out of wooden pallets and the plants in the wooden pallets bolted first; I got about 3 weeks more out of the plants in the UPVC before I let them go to seed for annual cropping/next season replant.
I'm not telling you what you should do - you do you, guys! I just put this out there in case you never heard of this company and were thinking about a raised bed option.
I hope you are all doing well out there.
If your ground is too hard or stony to dig by hand, or if you have strength or joint problems (as I do) and you are already considering a raised garden bed project in the UK, then may I suggest a company called 'Link-a-bord. They take old UPVC and repurpose it to make modular, easy to assemble and light-weight raised garden frames. The only tool you will need for assembly is a small hacksaw to cut rods to your required size.
I do not work for them and am not getting any money for suggesting this company.
I first purchased mine 11 years ago and they show no sign of age, deterioration or failure due to soil weights or weathering. They are just as good now as when I first bought them. I was able to single-handedly build a 9 feet long by 3 feet wide raised bed in under 20 minutes.
The thermal properties of the UPVC help to keep my soil/compost mix warmer during the winters, and I never see ice or frost on my soil - unless we get a snowfall. The beds also seem to help to keep the beds a fraction cooler in the summer. I planted spinach and lettuce last year in both the UPVC beds and the smaller beds I repurposed out of wooden pallets and the plants in the wooden pallets bolted first; I got about 3 weeks more out of the plants in the UPVC before I let them go to seed for annual cropping/next season replant.
I'm not telling you what you should do - you do you, guys! I just put this out there in case you never heard of this company and were thinking about a raised bed option.
I hope you are all doing well out there.
