Building Raised Garden Boxes

Galvanized garden beds from blueberry hill crafting.

Building raised garden boxes.

A raised garden bed essentially a large planting box is the ultimate problem solver. Clamp together the boards for each wall. We used old landscape pavers and. How to build raised vegetable garden boxes method 1 of 3.

Drill pilot holes and attach the posts with screws. Building a raised garden bed to support timber beds place wooden stakes at every corner and every few feet for longer beds. If you cut additional posts attach them as well. Set the corner posts on top of the wall boards flush with the ends of the 6 foot walls and set back 1 1 2 inches from the ends of the shorter walls.

Pick a spot for the raised garden bed that is not shaded and is flat so that the garden will have proper drainage. Put weed barrier inside of the raised planter boxes. You want to find an older filing cabinet with a solid. Roll up the inside face 6 inches and staple to the inside of your diy garden box using a staple gun.

Place 11 inches high of materials that promote drainage. Find an old filing cabinet. Drive the stakes about 60 2 feet into the ground and leave the rest of the stakes exposed aboveground. And it s just the thing to turn your backyard into the farm of your dreams.

Find the location where you plan to put the box. When you have decided the place. A standard vegetable garden box is 4 ft 1 2 m by 8 ft 2 4 m but work with the space you have. These galvanized raised planter boxes not only look great but they ll last a lot longer than wood.

Don t make your garden box any wider than 4 ft 1 2 m or it will be hard to plant and tend to your vegetables in the middle. They re large garden beds and since the building process is so quick and easy you can build quite a few in a little time. Place on the inside of the bed so that the stakes are less visible.