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| The newest version of my cover is a wind guard. The cover rolls up at the top. To see it closed scroll down. |
Background
A lot of our top layer of earth is very full of various kinds of rubble, so we thought it would be better for our plants to be in a raised bed.
Design
Trying to use what we had around the house, we had some unused concrete blocks which we thought we serve is for at least the first year of growing. There was nothing fancy about this design.
Implementation
We used eight concrete blocks, two on each side, and a mix of sand, yard dirt, and potting soil to make up the dirt level in the bed. We used bricks and some other debris to level the blocks.
Result
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| Leveling up our concrete blocks. |
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| Using found bricks to form the foundation. |
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| Et voilà. |
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| Filling the bed, some sand for drainage. |
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| Mixed in the potting soil, yard dirt, and sand to fill the bed. |
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| Initially we used bricks to remind us where the different planted areas were. |
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I bent some green wood to make a frame so we could cover the bed in the case of inclement weather. The plastic is piled over and bricks hold it down at the back and front. It works like a greenhouse on sunny days, and our seedlings love it.
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I upgraded our cover to a more substantial wind guard that you can see in the photo at the top of the page. It seems to have reduced our snail damage, as well as reducing the wind on our delicate climbers.
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| The cover rolls down so our baby plants get less wind, but can enjoy the sun when it is rolled up out of the way. |
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