Comments on: How can I make a raised garden box that can be moved to another part of the yard? http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard Gardening CareTips for the Backyard Gardener Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:23:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lindsay http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard/comment-page-1#comment-4838 Lindsay Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:46:59 +0000 http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard#comment-4838 Have you considered scouring yard sales and salvage yards for old wheelbarrows, painting them up, drilling for drainage and using as mobile planters? You would need to stand the wheel on a block to make the tray sit straight each time, but it would be deep enough to grow things in.<br><b>References : </b><br> Have you considered scouring yard sales and salvage yards for old wheelbarrows, painting them up, drilling for drainage and using as mobile planters?
You would need to stand the wheel on a block to make the tray sit straight each time, but it would be deep enough to grow things in.
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]]> By: rmbrruffian http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard/comment-page-1#comment-4837 rmbrruffian Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:57:59 +0000 http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard#comment-4837 You don't have to use soil to fill the box. Soilless mix will work better. It is usually a mix of peat moss, perlite and/or vermiculite, and possibly coir (shredded coconut hulls). This is much lighter than soil. If you add polymer gel crystals to the mix, it will hold water longer so that you don't have to water constantly. See link http://www.watersorb.com/index.html<br><b>References : </b><br>Horticulture student You don’t have to use soil to fill the box. Soilless mix will work better. It is usually a mix of peat moss, perlite and/or vermiculite, and possibly coir (shredded coconut hulls). This is much lighter than soil. If you add polymer gel crystals to the mix, it will hold water longer so that you don’t have to water constantly. See link

http://www.watersorb.com/index.html
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]]> By: lloyd http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard/comment-page-1#comment-4836 lloyd Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:23:59 +0000 http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard#comment-4836 Use weed barrier in the bottom, sand on top of the barrier and then add soil. No plastic in the bottom. Space the bottom boards about a 1/4 inch apart. If you have already built the box with no space between the boards drill 1in. holes in the corners and in the middle. Most likely you will have some sagging in the middle and the middle hole will drain fine.The weed barrier will hold your soil and allow for air penetration. Put legs on the box for easy access to move. Good Luck.<br><b>References : </b><br> Use weed barrier in the bottom, sand on top of the barrier and then add soil. No plastic in the bottom. Space the bottom boards about a 1/4 inch apart. If you have already built the box with no space between the boards drill 1in. holes in the corners and in the middle. Most likely you will have some sagging in the middle and the middle hole will drain fine.The weed barrier will hold your soil and allow for air penetration. Put legs on the box for easy access to move. Good Luck.
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]]> By: Karen L http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard/comment-page-1#comment-4835 Karen L Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:02:59 +0000 http://www.gardeningcaretips.com/raised-vegetable-garden/how-can-i-make-a-raised-garden-box-that-can-be-moved-to-another-part-of-the-yard#comment-4835 If it's going to be big enough to grow vegetables in, and it's bigger than a planter, it's going to be too heavy to move once it has soil in it. Figure how much soil you would need to fill the size of box you have in mind, then go to a garden centre and try to lift that many bags of soil all at once. The box will have to be built like a tank to be lifted at all, especially after a growing season or two when the wood has been good and wet for a while. Maybe you better just stick to planter box size stuff if you'll have to move it, and not too big either. Wheels could work, but they're going to have to be large expensive wheels. Get them too small and they'll get flat spots from too much weight and won't function as wheels for long. I've had wooden planters about 2 x 1 foot that weren't easy to drag around.<br><b>References : </b><br> If it’s going to be big enough to grow vegetables in, and it’s bigger than a planter, it’s going to be too heavy to move once it has soil in it. Figure how much soil you would need to fill the size of box you have in mind, then go to a garden centre and try to lift that many bags of soil all at once. The box will have to be built like a tank to be lifted at all, especially after a growing season or two when the wood has been good and wet for a while. Maybe you better just stick to planter box size stuff if you’ll have to move it, and not too big either. Wheels could work, but they’re going to have to be large expensive wheels. Get them too small and they’ll get flat spots from too much weight and won’t function as wheels for long. I’ve had wooden planters about 2 x 1 foot that weren’t easy to drag around.
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