You can grow and harvest crunchy vegetables even in a small garden. There is sure to be a corner where you can set up and cultivate a self-made vegetable patch. In this article you will find various ideas and tips for implementation.
Wooden borders look chic and are quickly built
The preparation
If you only want to cultivate some lettuce, strawberries, tomatoes and herbs, a few square meters are enough to implement this project. These should be surrounded by the sun all day long, because vegetable plants need a lot of light to thrive.
Once you have selected a suitable place for the vegetable patch, encircle the patch area with a string board. Then remove the turf and loosen the soil at least to the depth of a spade.
Build the bed border
There are various options for edging the vegetable patch, which you can match to the look of the garden:
Vegetable bed made of wooden boards
Made of untreated natural wood, weather-resistant larch is excellently suited, but a practical bed border can also be easily built from old boarding boards or pallets. The corners form wooden stakes, which you drive about 20 to 25 centimeters deep into the ground. The boards are attached to these with nails.
Shawl stones as a bed edging
Concrete stones or slabs are another way to easily border the vegetable patch. You can get this material inexpensively in different dimensions in any hardware store.
- Dig a trench about 20 centimeters deep along the cord boundary.
- Fill in some gravel as a drainage layer.
- Pour in a layer of quick-set concrete.
- Insert stones and fill laterally.
Willow elements as border
Commercially purchased or self-made willow elements are another option if you want to build the vegetable patch yourself. They can be attached as desired and blend in optically very well in natural gardens.
Build a raised bed for the vegetables yourself
Raised beds are extremely practical because you can work on them in a way that is easy on your back. The raised construction also effectively keeps snails and other vermin away. Raised beds are available as an easy-to-set-up kit in a wide variety of sizes from specialist garden retailers.
If you would like to become active yourself, the following frames are suitable:
- Wood, for example wooden boards or tree trunks with a trunk diameter that is not too large.
- Sober-looking sheet steel that gives modern gardens a special look.
- Large concrete blocks or bricks with which you wall the bed.
tips
If you create a vegetable patch, it is worth doing a soil analysis. You will then know exactly which nutrients the garden soil is lacking and can fertilize in a targeted manner.