insideKENT Magazine Issue 42 - September 2015 | Page 111
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Jacksons
Fencing
NEWS,
TOPICAL TREATS
AND MORE...
TIME TO RAISE THE BAR
ON RAISED BEDS!
One of Mary’s raised beds looking very decorative
Last year one of the prize draws
featured on this page was to win a
pair of our Jacksons raised beds.
There’s a real feel-good factor when
it comes to letting people know
they’ve won; the winners without
fail always seem delighted to have
won something, and sometimes
they get in touch to say thanks
again for the prize and to tell us
what they're going to do with the
products.
In this case, Mary Jones
emailed me to say how delighted
she was with her pair of raised
beds: “Thank you so much for my
win! The raised beds were delivered
yesterday and we put them
together in no time at all. They look
so sturdy and strong, and they fit
exactly in the spot we chose for
them. We plan to dig a garden pond
and my husband was worried as
to where we were going to put the
soil, but we now have just the spot
for it – in your raised beds. We
retired three years ago and bought
a bungalow with a garden that
needed a lot of work, but has good
soil. I'm looking forward to planting
up the beds when we have dug
out the pond!”
I asked Mary if she would
send me some photos of her raised
beds once they were planted up
and sure enough, she did, as you
can see from the lovely picture here.
I think the veg looks almost too
good to eat and is very decorative.
Thank you Mary!
Has this inspired any of you
to think about having a go at
growing in your own raised beds?
You might be interested in some
of the benefits:
Even with limited space in
your garden or courtyard, you can
grow a vegetable, herbs or flowers
in a raised bed. Our kits come in
various sizes to suit any space or
corner. They are perfect if the soil
in your garden isn’t suitable for
certain plants or the drainage is
poor as you can fill the beds with
the right type of soil to suit whatever
you want to grow.
Some plants only do well in
deeper soil; so will thrive in a raised
bed, and not having to bend down
to ground level to garden is really
Win a pair of
raised bed kits
To win a pair of Jacksons'
raised bed kits, log on to
your dedicated page
(address below) and follow
the easy instructions. The
free prize draw closes on
31st October 2015. Enter at:
www.jacksons-fencing.
co.uk/ashfordlocal.
helpful to those who find this
difficult.
And finally, a very big
advantage of Jacksons' beds over
competitors is the Jakcure
treatment and guarantee. We only
use specific types of timber treated
for ground contact, which means
your raised bed is guaranteed for
25 years, so it won’t rot and
disappoint you by needing to be
replaced after a few years.
Well if I’ve whetted your
appetite, you can find out more by
going to your dedicated
page, www.jacksonsfencing.co.uk/ashfordlocal,
where you can find a link to our
raised bed pages.
For more info on any of Jacksons'
products or brochures, call 0800
408 4754 to talk to your local
Jacksons Fencing Centre.
Raised beds are not just useful for growing vegetables; here, it’s used for ericaceous (lime
hatingacid loving) plants – the ferns and a maple creating a decorative feature
Raised beds with a pergola and tensioned
wires to support plants
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