Should we dig it over first?

Hi

We would like to have a go at growing some veggies this year - our first proper garden and we are very excited!

We only have a small amount of grass and nowhere desperately/obviously suitable for growing so we are going to try a lot of container growing (have potatoes/containers ordered etc)..but we thought we would have a go at one raised bed just to see if it would work.

This is going to have to go on a patch of grass near our shed, and we already have the soil bought for it.

My question is (and sorry if it is a dumb one!) is do we have to dig over the patch of grass the bed will go on? or is it just a case of erecting the bed and filling with soil as it is pretty deep and it can still drain into the grass?

Thank you for helping (and not laughing )

 

Thanks for answering

I've just been out and measured and the frame itself is only 8 ins deep, so digging it over it is.

We have such a small amount of grass and a lot of it wasted with rotary washing lines and manhole covers and incomprehensible submerged concrete structures (the garden is littered with them) that not much is actually useable.

There is a patch underneath the dining room window which would have been perfect, no grass growing on it just stone laden bare soil that would need a good turn over, but with a high fence right next to it and the way our house faces I don't think it will recieve enough sun to successfully grow anything.

 

I would second JWK Hetty. That's the way to go with your raised bed.
The bit under your dining room window which is in the shade would be good for lettuce and Pak Choi. They both do perfectly well in containers which don't have to be too deep and are happy in shade.