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I am planning to build raised beds for my garden next year. My future garden space has a cement area on the high ground and some old cement bases from a few old posts in the low grass area. The ground drops about 2 feet in the 30 feet length.

I can build the beds on top of the cement. Leveling the ground is the problem. I think I have three choices. 1, remove the cement and move part of the soil to the low end. 2, bring load of ground to fill the low end. 3, build the bed to be level with the high end and increase the raised bed height as it goes down the slope.

By the way is there directions for building the T posts on a cement area in raised beds? Or do I need to use some form of A frame on the cement area?

thank you for the help,
Dale

Dale & Group:

Unless there is an important reason for keeping the cement area I would remove it. (cost may be an important reason).

You CAN plant on the cement area.

How about changing the direction of your beds, so that each bed is level, and just the aisles step down 2 feet over the 30 foot area.

You can make the beds level by moving soil, but if there is too much of a drop you might want to make short segments, each of which is leveled.

If I was to level the beds I would take from the high end and move to the low end, thus moving only 1/2 the soil that would be required if you bring soil in.

The direction of your beds does not matter. Just make sure tall plants are North or East of shorter plants.

Jim Kennard

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