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How to make a wooden garden square above ground?

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Have you always dreamed of cultivating your little plot of land? You would like a vegetable garden, but unfortunately you do not have enough area? Today, the Gardening Blog offers you to make your own wooden aboveground planter in a few very simple steps. You live in an apartment and only have a terrace of a few square meters? Do not miss your desire to garden! No need for a huge lot to grow your fruits and vegetables. You have the mini vegetable garden and gardening activities!

List of materials to build your mini square vegetable garden above ground

  • 4 wooden planks of the same size
  • a thick board to form the bottom of the planter (to choose thick enough especially if you make a planter on feet)
  • 4 cleats
  • nails, wood screws, hammer, screwdriver
  • a waterproof and rot-proof plastic sheet (which is the bottom of the planter into which you will pour the soil)
  • vegetable soil
  • bonus: 4 wide feet of the height of your choice, and 4 big wheels

The assembly is very simple:

The tarp is placed last, once the planter mounted: arrange it at the bottom of the tray. Choose it large enough to reach the edges of the vegetable patch.

How to organize your mini garden above ground?

Step 1: Fill with soil


Start by filling your garden with soil enriched with compost, which you will find in a garden centre in the Garden department of a large area.


Step 2: Create Ranks or Locations


Organize the 16 or 9 spaces, or the rows with small bamboo sticks or simple pieces of string stretched from one board to another.


Step 3: Choose your plants or vegetables


Alternate root vegetables such as radishes, or carrots, leafy vegetables such as lettuce or leeks, and fruit vegetables such as tomatoes or peppers. Also think of aromatic herbs. Be sure to combine vegetables that go well together (see table).


You can also bet on strawberries!


Step 4: Plant


Respect the planting dates of each plant or vegetable.

For ease, place the tallest plants in the center.

The quantities to be respected

Obviously, the size of your garden is limited: this mini planter allows you to grow a few fruits and vegetables but not in large quantities.

Remember to limit your seedlings, especially taking into account the needs of each plant.

GARDENING TRICK

You can also raise your mini garden by fixing the base on 4 wide feet: very convenient especially for people with back pain or knee problems, The high planter prevents you from having to constantly bend down to work the land or harvest your fruits and vegetables. You can also choose to make a vegetable garden at child’s height. It is a fun and educational practice that allows to familiarize the little ones with the plants of the garden.

Even better, you can attach four large wheels under each of your feet to turn your planter into a mobile vegetable garden!

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