Materials
To build eleven boxes, eight trellises, a fence all around, a few tents to protect from frost, some netting to protect strawberries from predators, and some barrels for vegetables that require deeper soil, we used the following materials:
- 2"x6" cedar boards
- 132- 3.5" deck screws (3 screws for each corner)
- a power drill
- a socket wrench
- iron rebars
- plastic utility fence (trellis)
- zip ties (to hold up plastic utility fence)
- chicken wire
- PEX tubing
- PEX tube fittings and 1" screws (screwed into to corners)
- heavy duty plastic sheet covering (for tents)
- 7 barrels (for carrots, potatoes, parsnips, and leeks)
- compost
- peat moss
- vermiculite
- weed barrier (optional)
- mulch
- straw (to cover soil around strawberries and raspberries)
Procedure
We laid down rolls of weed barrier on top of the grass, put the boxes on top, and filled them with a mixture of 1/3 compost, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 vermiculite. To protect from frost in early spring, we built small tents with PEX tubing. The rebars are also held up by PEX tube fittings.
