making raised beds from stone

[thefrenchone]

It's the first growing season at our new house and granted, the garden is not very big, but I'm getting ideas of a two-tier raised bed along the sunny side (about 5 metres long) -- tall plants in the taller top tier and shorter plants in the front.

The house is made of stone, and is in a conservation area, so naturally I'm thinking making the bed also with stone. There's a reclamation yard nearby; hopefully I can get the material from them.

I'm sure it'll look very nice and all, but before I wind up with a pile of stone in my yard gathering moss, does anyone have any advice? It is ridiculously difficult?

Many thanks

 

[thefrenchone]

And of course the golden question -- is stone expensive?
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[Thermo]

fairly easy if you lay them dry, just need a bit of patience to do it. It can be very expensive though. Best to go for something like a split york stone so it has flat faces to lay.

 

[thefrenchone]

Thanks Thermo, I'll check out the reclamation yard and see what they have. Though I'll probably come to my senses, get some old barrels and call it a day.