I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed

The 4 feet wide is spot on as you can reach to the middle without stepping
on the bed. As for length, I don't suppose it matters, except for walking
from one side to the other. Long walk if they are 50 feet long :-(

Ours are about 8 feet because of where they fit in.

Mike

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I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight
feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed




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On Jul 5, 2:46*pm, Billit wrote:
I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight
feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed

If you make them any longer, walking round them could be debillitating!

Don't give up the day job :-(

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"moghouse" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 2:46 pm, Billit wrote:
I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight
feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed

If you make them any longer, walking round them could be debillitating!

On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:12:05 -0700 (PDT), moghouse
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On Jul 5, 2:46*pm, Billit wrote:
I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight
feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed

If you make them any longer, walking round them could be debillitating!

I agree. We have two raised beds that are a bit bigger - 3 metres by
1.5 metres - and that is probably just a bit too big when you are
working on them.
How high will they be? They are going to need a lot of topsoil/compost
to fill them.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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As for length, I don't suppose it matters, except for walking from
one side to the other. Long walk if they are 50 feet long :-(

Mine are and it is but I'm loth to sacrifice the space to make gaps.

Me thinks the speakers are set too high. It is going over some people's
heads!

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"Fuschia" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:12:05 -0700 (PDT), moghouse
wrote:

On Jul 5, 2:46 pm, Billit wrote:
I am taking a third of my lawn to make six raised beds measuring eight
feet by four feet my question is this an ideal size for a raised bed

If you make them any longer, walking round them could be debillitating!

I agree. We have two raised beds that are a bit bigger - 3 metres by
1.5 metres - and that is probably just a bit too big when you are
working on them.
How high will they be? They are going to need a lot of topsoil/compost
to fill them.

You would only need a couple of 12" x 12" paving slabs to drop into a 'spare
space' and you have your stepping stones which could be removed or moved
elsewhere as and when required.

Mike

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"Rod" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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As for length, I don't suppose it matters, except for walking from one
side to the other. Long walk if they are 50 feet long :-(

Mine are and it is but I'm loth to sacrifice the space to make gaps.

On Jul 5, 5:40*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:

Don't give up the day job :-(

Thanks, but how did you know I was a comedy scriptwriter?

Judging by the standard of the comedy I have seen on TV, when I do watch TV,
I should keep quiet about that if I were you.

Mike

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"moghouse" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 5:40 pm, "'Mike'" wrote:

Don't give up the day job :-(

Thanks, but how did you know I was a comedy scriptwriter?

Mike - please change your 'sig' settings - you're looking like such a
newbie!!!

You're not using a sig file so please untick the 'add a signature to all
outgoing messages' on OE.

Mike - please change your 'sig' settings - you're looking like such a
newbie!!!

You're not using a sig file so please untick the 'add a signature to all
outgoing messages' on OE.

On Jul 5, 8:30*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
Judging by the standard of the comedy I have seen on TV, when I do watch TV,
I should keep quiet about that if I were you.

On that basis, why don't you keep quiet about gardening?

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moghouse writes
On Jul 5, 8:30*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
Judging by the standard of the comedy I have seen on TV, when I do watch TV,
I should keep quiet about that if I were you.

On that basis, why don't you keep quiet about gardening?

Are you really a comedy scriptwriter? If so, that is fascinating.
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In message
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moghouse writes
On Jul 5, 8:30*pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
Judging by the standard of the comedy I have seen on TV, when I do watch TV,
I should keep quiet about that if I were you.

On that basis, why don't you keep quiet about gardening?

Are you really a comedy scriptwriter?

Well, I enjoyed that one-liner.
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