Building Raised Garden Boxes

A raised garden bed essentially a large planting box is the ultimate problem solver.

Building raised garden boxes.

How to prepare raised garden boxes for plants 1. 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. Drill pilot holes and attach the posts with screws. Drive the stakes about 60 2 feet into the ground and leave the rest of the stakes exposed aboveground.

Place on the inside of the bed so that the stakes are less visible. Put weed barrier inside of the raised planter boxes. Find an old filing cabinet. Pick a spot for the raised garden bed that is not shaded and is flat so that the garden will have proper drainage.

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. And it s just the thing to turn your backyard into the farm of your dreams. If you cut additional posts attach them as well. How to build raised vegetable garden boxes method 1 of 3.

When you have decided the place. It offers perfect drainage protection from pests and easy access to crops. Follow our directions and you ll be able to build the 4 by 8 foot bed pictured here as a weekend. A standard vegetable garden box is 4 ft 1 2 m by 8 ft 2 4 m but work with the space you have.

Roll up the inside face 6 inches and staple to the inside of your diy garden box using a staple gun. We used old landscape pavers and. Find the location where you plan to put the box. Building a raised garden bed to support timber beds place wooden stakes at every corner and every few feet for longer beds.

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. These galvanized raised planter boxes not only look great but they ll last a lot longer than wood. Clamp together the boards for each wall.