This ring garden idea is one Mick has used in several houses we have lived in with great success. It consists of a compost heap around which the circular garden is grown. Having the compost heap in the centre means the nutrients go out from it to all plants in the ring garden.
While it takes a little while to set up initially, especially if you are converting what has previously been lawn area into garden, it is well worth the effort as it produces more crops that normal plantings and also looks attractive.
There are several advantages of this ring garden. You will find plants will grow faster and be healthier than normal. As well as producing great crops, an advantage of this garden is it doesn’t take up a huge amount of room, only an area of around nine feet across and the compost heap is shielded from sight.
Another advantage is that once established, it doesn’t require a lot of work and weeding. You also don’t use as much water, important in drought redistricted areas like much of Australia is, as you only water the compost heap not the garden plants.
To make a ring garden you will need a site in full sun for most of each day and a site that is well drained.
If you’re building it in what had previously been lawn you’ll need to get rid of all the grass. Cut lawn into squares. Turn each sod up with grass face down and roots exposed. This allows sunlight to kill off the roots. These upside down sods will become the base of your compost heap.
Dig six holes around I2 inches to 18 inches deep. Place fencing 5 foot high posts in each hole.
Attach strong wire to posts, remembering to leave an opening of around 18 inches on the south side. This is the area which gets least sunlight. This opening is to make it easy to add your compost materials and water.
Instead of making you wait a week for the next part of the ring garden instructions, I’m going to post three blogs over there consecutive days, so join me tomorrow for part 2.
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