Building A Garden Bed On A Slope
Plot your raised garden beds, figuring each one to be 4 feet from front to back.
Building a garden bed on a slope. A bale of lucerne and a bale of straw will spread over a garden about 2m by 1.5m. When building a raised bed on a slope, there will be gaps between the lowest board and the ground. Build several garden beds in different shapes to add interest and variety to your gardening.
The heavy use of mulch helps to keep the gardens in place and create a wonderful color palette. On a steep slope, a deadman will prevent the wall from moving or bowing out. Install hardscapes, steps and paths to gain access to the garden.
Plants can be healthier and more productive in a raised bed because you can control the quality of the soil and water drainage. However if you have a site with a slope and want to make these exactly like ours, here’s the list of supplies you’ll want. However, if you’re building yours three courses or more, you’ll need to add a deadman (a piece of timber that runs perpendicular to the wall and sits down into the hill) for support.
The rocks along the front also create a little retaining wall for the herbs. Have my georgia friends recovered from all of that rain we got? To enhance the look of the bed, we also gathered rocks from the wooded area of our yard.
Before you start your garden on a slope, you obviously have to inspect the land. Building garden beds on a slope. Steps convert a sloped flower bed from inaccessible to inviting.
Dig into the slope to create a trench around the area where the flower bed will be located. Building a vegetable garden like this (seriously messier than these pictures) can be achieved in a couple of hours if you have the materials on hand. Begin building at the base of your sloped flower bed if you're not sure where to add your stairs.