Raised Bed Help needed?

I’m new to growing vegetables,I want to make a raised bed ,I have 2 large Double glazed windows,I kept them,when I got new windows in,they are 1000x 1100 mm, Can I use them,to any good,for my Raised Bed, which I hope to make soon,with some good advice from people on this forum,What depth will I make my raised bed,what vegetables can I plant now?Any video links would be appreciated,

Kindly Paul

 

Just access utube enter - how to make a raised bed. I made a cold frame using window panes. Unfortunately our lab sat on the panes as she found them nice and warm and she fell through smashing the cold frames fortunately no damage to the dog.

 

Hi @paulkane1 , I find knee high raised bed quite comfortable for all the bending over. Mine is just a makeshift job done with old fence panels I took down, fixed together with angle brackets.

Carrots can be sown soon, depending on your local climate. Lettuce and radishes are also tolerant.

Fleece will help the seedlings a lot, and if you can use the windows as covers your bed will be perfect for a variety of hardy veg already now.

If you leave ample room between the soil and the glass it will be a great spot to allow cucumbers to creep around horisontally.

What's your plan regarding plants? What do you want to grow?

 

Yes, those old windows would make dandy cold frames.

My raised beds are fairly shallow so no good for root vegetables but great for above ground.

@paulkane1 I have no idea about what you can plant now . It snowed here today

 

Those windows would make a brilliant cold frame, honestly probably more useful than as bed sides. For the raised bed itself, about 30cm deep is plenty for most veg. You could get some lettuce, radish and spring onions going now and they'll be fine under fleece if it's still chilly where you are.

 

What is the best soil/compost mix to use for to grow vegetables

 

What soil is there already? ...and what do you have easy access to get? For example; local free well rotted manure, your own garden compost, spent mushroom compost, leafmold, rotted down wood chip...