Urban Farming Oz

Steel water tanks make excellent raised garden beds. We have been using a ring from a water tank for the last 5 years as a very successful garden bed. Late last year, one of our neighbours mentioned they had a couple of old water tanks, one in fairly good condition that they didn't require. So, Boxing Day morning, with the aid of a tilt tray tow truck, some muscle and ingenuity we transported the 2 tanks to our place, ready to be converted to garden beds.

We worked out we could get 3 x 420mm deep x 2100mm in diameter beds from the good tank and perhaps 1 x 300mm bed from the old tank. Within a couple of hours the first bed was cut, using an angle grinder.

We then moved it to our north facing (Sun Facing Side) useless rocky bank. The next morning after a couple of hours of excavation and levelling the bed was in place. The first bed was the bottom of the tank so numerous holes were punched through using a pick axe. Finally with the bed in place the top edge was covered with rural poly pipe slit along one side to cover the sharp edge.

Two weeks later the bed was filled with composted sheep manure, straw, chicken manure and soil read to go.

More soon .......