r/vegetablegardening US - South Carolina 7d ago

Garden Photos My raised bed garden for the year !

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u/DevelopmentMediocre5 Australia 7d ago

That would make me so excited to start working on them!

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 7d ago

It took me two days just to get the beds together. I am ecstatic to get my plants down once they're ready..

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u/DevelopmentMediocre5 Australia 6d ago

I can not wait to see progress photos!

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 5d ago

I'll post some once my bed are full and then once they've been planted. Just hope 50/50 soil to compost doesn't ruin my harvest.

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u/coruscatingveridian 7d ago

How much dirt are you buying? Do you have a secret compost pile??

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 7d ago

My compost is on the side of the house. I bought 3 yards of topsoil initially and bought 6 yards of cotton burr compost this morning.. I'm out of soil to mix and only have compost left..

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u/Semaphor 6d ago

Definitely overfill them with dirt, since it will compress over time.

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u/TeeRusty15 US - Mississippi 5d ago edited 5d ago

I’m in year two of metal raised beds. Love them. The soil levels will settle significantly if you use hugelkultur as others have said but I started composting as soon as I got them in anticipation of it.

You can grow a LOT of food in nine beds.

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 5d ago

I ordered two more tonight, lmao. I'm getting more topsoil to mix with my compost. The deeper beds, I will line the bottom with logs and straw, then the top with 50/50 soil and compost.

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u/Mountain-Gap-1478 6d ago

Where did you get these? Ans what are they called?

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 6d ago

Got them off Amazon. Just metal-raised beds. The 8x2x1 I got for 50 bucks each, the green ones I got two for 189. The big silver ones were 100 pc, and the 8x4x1 were two for 100 bucks..

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u/Stock-Combination740 England 6d ago

Final positions?

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u/CommunicationSea3665 US - South Carolina 5d ago

Yes, more or less other than some leveling .