Border for beds - aesthetics and functionality

Everyone is pleased to have a beautiful garden and a well-groomed garden: neatly growing vegetables, clean paths, intricate flower beds. To give the finished look to the site, gardeners are increasingly using curbs for beds. They are made of various materials: boards, slate, bricks, iron, plastic. Usually borders are framed by traditional rectangular beds, but more and more often gardeners experiment with forms, creating interesting and unusual gardens and kitchen gardens.

The border for the beds was appreciated by those who prefer to make them uplifted. They have many advantages: they warm up more quickly in the spring, the water does not stagnate, the roots of the plants develop more intensively. And if you make a compost warm bed, it will allow growing thermophilic crops in regions with a short cold summer.

They are easier to care for: it is easier to install film shelter, do not bend low, and the weeds do not climb from the path.

The usual height of the raised beds is 20-30 cm. Warm beds are made above, up to 50 cm. The materials for the boards must be strong, resistant to weather conditions and to constant ground pressure from the inside. For a flower garden any materials will approach, and for cultivation of vegetables it is necessary to select only ecologically safe.

Materials for the fencing of beds

Logs, boards, timber, croaker. If you use a curb for beds from untreated boards, then it will not last long. The boards love slugs, they settle in ants. Under the influence of moisture and microorganisms, wood will begin to break down after 3-4 years. Treated antiseptic boards will last longer, but they will no longer be environmentally friendly.

Decorative fence of branches. A braided curb for the beds looks very attractive and will decorate any garden. It is environmentally friendly, but short-lived - it will last a year, a maximum of two. To prolong his life it is possible, more often driving in the vertical pillars-supports and laying between the branches and the ground polyethylene film.

A rock. Border for beds, laid out of decorative stone, durable, beautiful, and perfectly fit into any landscape. Flowerbeds and beds from it can be made of different shapes and any height. There are two disadvantages: stone fences are rather expensive, and they are difficult to disassemble.

Plastic. Inexpensive, durable material, different colors and ease of assembly make plastic borders for beds very attractive for gardeners with different incomes. With the help of plastic, you can create structures of any height and shape, using both tape fences and whole sheets. When choosing plastic fencing for garden crops, you need to purchase environmentally friendly products that have a quality certificate.

Ribbon curb for beds

Buying a summer inventory, it is worth paying attention to the garden curb sold by the rolls . In addition to the fact that it perfectly restrains the growth of lawn grass and is used to protect the beds, the ribbon curb can be useful for other purposes.

• The border is laid along the fence to prevent small animals from raiding.
• Used as an insulating material for the arrangement of the greenhouse.
• Frames garden paths of any shape due to the flexibility of the material.
• Dug in the ground a wide curb prevents the spread of creeping grasses and shrubs.
• Allows you to create complex multi-stage forms on the site to create flower gardens and ornamental gardens.

A ribbon curb is made of inexpensive, durable polymer materials that are resistant to temperature changes and ultraviolet rays. Despite the fact that plastic is inferior in aesthetics to wood and stone, an increasing number of gardeners prefer it to him.