OK, I want to make a raised bed for some veggies.
What’s the least expensive material to use?
Specifically for asparagus.
There’s a lot of difference of opinion over how to plant it.
Parts of our garden tend to be wet so I’m thinking a raised bed for the asparagus would be best.
And can I get them in the ground and then transplant them later?
Treated lumber from your local Menard’s or Lowe’s or Home Depot. They no longer treat wood with arsenic, which was the problem in prior years. If you can make your beds 8’ long and 4’ wide, that’s the best for ease of use, plus you can have them cut the boards for you and it’s easy-peasy.
It’s what we use - no problems; most of ours was salvaged lumber from de-construction jobs Beau was on, but those new beds he built for me around the greenhouse are treated lumber. Pine.
A few of our older beds have needed repair at the corners, but that’s 5-10 years in.