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Saint Stephen`s Anglican Church, Onerahi, Whangarei. Two well filled up beds. The level of the customised soil is up to the top of the wall and slightly mounded in the centre Click on Thumbnails

I am sure most people are already aware of the many benefits of Raised Bed Gardening and those of you who are still unconvinced look out your window right now. The reality is that saturated, cold, anaerobic, compacted soils just do not grow good vegetables.[ … Read More →

Often the first response I get when people see the beds, is “Why didn`t you build the walls with wood ?” It was years of fustration, disappointment, difficulties and problems with Wooden Walls that made me and my friends look at concrete in the first … Read More →

Sometimes I get very sick of building concrete walls in the garden, but I do believe that building in wood is nowhere near as good and so I either make walls with concrete or I build raised bed gardens without walls I believe that the  … Read More →

My email address is zenfarmer at gmail dot com I live in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand

I no longer use this Hinge Board on my Wall Moulds. All you really need is Wooden Wedges to hold shutters open at the top Making wall shutters level with wooden blocks You do not need a level, just stand back and use your eyes. … Read More →