I have a diagram to post on how to build the beds, meanwhile viewer mail:
If I’m making a “1 tiered” raised bed, do I need to kill the grass underneath the raised bed first or can I just placed the raised bed in the spot I want, over the grass, and then just pour composted soil to fill up the bed and get to planting?
Answer: you can just dump in the soil . it will kill the grass. what i do get is grass blades popping up along the edges of the raised bed that are sent up by the grass growing along side the bed. i just pull them out.
Ginger
May 30, 2007
If you are worried about weeds you can “cut” out the sod where the raised bed will go, but the chances of weeds growing up 1-2foot is fairly slim; if you do get weeds it is more likely that they blew in from above. Eric–enjoyed this episode VERY much; we hadn’t thought of the linseed oil before for some reason, so we avoided raised beds after our first ones cracked and warped so badly.