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My apologies as I know there will be posts about this but I don't know what to call what I'm going to ask about to search for it.
When I took on my plot last month, all the beds had wood along the sides of them giving them definition. Most of this wood was actually rotted and falling apart. Having taken up the paths which were full of couch grass, I'm now left with a blank slate to lay out my own beds.
Thanks to fortuitous timing I'm getting a car full of old decking planks delivered on Thursday to replace them.
The problem is, I have no idea how to go about building these bed edges and I've none to copy due to them being rotted. Do I get wee metal plates to join the boards together? Do I screw them to stakes and just shove them in the ground? What do I do to keep them sitting nicely on their sides and not falling over in to the paths?
Also is there a wood preservative that I can use that's safe for near veggies?
When I took on my plot last month, all the beds had wood along the sides of them giving them definition. Most of this wood was actually rotted and falling apart. Having taken up the paths which were full of couch grass, I'm now left with a blank slate to lay out my own beds.
Thanks to fortuitous timing I'm getting a car full of old decking planks delivered on Thursday to replace them.
The problem is, I have no idea how to go about building these bed edges and I've none to copy due to them being rotted. Do I get wee metal plates to join the boards together? Do I screw them to stakes and just shove them in the ground? What do I do to keep them sitting nicely on their sides and not falling over in to the paths?
Also is there a wood preservative that I can use that's safe for near veggies?
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