With popularity comes innovation and with innovation comes blog after blog featuring different building materials for developing raised bed gardens.
Planting bed agist siding dgirls.
Homeowners savvy about gardening can use evergreen shrubs for the bones of the foundation planting beds then supplement with plants offering spring blooms summer flowers and or fall foliage.
Most manufacturers of fiber cement siding and many building codes.
A planting bed next to your house can sometimes lead to excess dirt on the brick or siding.
Line up one of the 1 x 38 pieces of cedar on the bottom of the siding.
Like any other product containing wood that isn t rot resistant it will eventually break down in contact with wet soil.
Nail the siding to the corner posts.
Fiber cement siding is a mixture of cement silica and cellulose wood fibers.
While fiber cement siding is made to shed water it s not designed to be buried in wet soil.
Tilling the organic material into the soil helps create a rich planting medium most plants thrive in.
Add 6 to 8 inches of organic material on top of the soil in the bed and till it approximately 6 to 8 inches into the soil.
In some climates it can also cause mildew and may even lead to an increased rate of decay on wood.