When I got there, I idly walked the aisles, checked out some herbs plants with an idea of making a small indoor herb garden and I also picked up this leaflet. When I got home this evening I ideally glanced at the leaflet, remembered why it had caught my eye before taking a closer look.
The picture in the leaflet is that of a wooden Raised Garden Bed with some herbs and a tomato plant growing inside it. Now I’ve never used, seen or built a Raised Garden Bed so I was curious. I took to the internet to look at prices and sizes of pre-fabricated enclosures. After some more research I started to get really interested. A Raised Garden Bed would allow me to build a small herb garden as well as add some summer vegetables, all without the need to pot each plant. Of course the big problem I had was the normal one. Where would I put such a Raised Garden Bed without pulling up Concrete slabs or planting outside my property?
I don’t know where the actual idea ultimately came from, but once it occurred, the details slowly formed in my mind until I had a working blueprint.
The question that lead to my idea was ‘What was actually stopping me from building a Raised Garden Bed on my existing Concrete Slab?’
It was an interesting idea and I tried to think of problems that would need to be addressed if the idea was to work. I made of note of them. Problems such as ‘Did I realistically have the space?’, ‘Would I be able to put soil down on the slab without damaging it?’ and ‘Would I have to use a prefabricated enclosure, or would I need to build something myself?’ were all presented and solved.
So after spending a couple of hours doing research this evening, I think I've come up with a viable, low cost, but efficient way to build a Raised Garden Bed on a Concrete Slab.
Tomorrow, I’m setting out to buy the materials and build it. Check back soon to see my results.
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