Building Raised Garden Boxes

Follow our directions and you ll be able to build the 4 by 8 foot bed pictured here as a weekend.

Building raised garden boxes.

Place on the inside of the bed so that the stakes are less visible. How to prepare raised garden boxes for plants 1. Building a raised garden bed to support timber beds place wooden stakes at every corner and every few feet for longer beds. These galvanized raised planter boxes not only look great but they ll last a lot longer than wood.

It offers perfect drainage protection from pests and easy access to crops. Find an old filing cabinet. We used old landscape pavers and. Roll up the inside face 6 inches and staple to the inside of your diy garden box using a staple gun.

Galvanized garden beds from blueberry hill crafting. 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. 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. Find the location where you plan to put the box.

And it s just the thing to turn your backyard into the farm of your dreams. A standard vegetable garden box is 4 ft 1 2 m by 8 ft 2 4 m but work with the space you have. If you cut additional posts attach them as well. When you have decided the place.

Drive the stakes about 60 2 feet into the ground and leave the rest of the stakes exposed aboveground. Place 11 inches high of materials that promote drainage. Put weed barrier inside of the raised planter boxes. Drill pilot holes and attach the posts with screws.

Clamp together the boards for each wall. A raised garden bed essentially a large planting box is the ultimate problem solver. 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.