Find an old filing cabinet.
Building raised garden boxes.
Place on the inside of the bed so that the stakes are less visible.
A raised garden bed essentially a large planting box is the ultimate problem solver.
You want to find an older filing cabinet with a solid.
Find the location where you plan to put the box.
When you have decided the place.
Place 11 inches high of materials that promote 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.
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.
How to build raised vegetable garden boxes method 1 of 3.
These galvanized raised planter boxes not only look great but they ll last a lot longer than wood.
How to prepare raised garden boxes for plants 1.
If you cut additional posts attach them as well.
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.
We used old landscape pavers and.
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.
Drive the stakes about 60 2 feet into the ground and leave the rest of the stakes exposed aboveground.
Galvanized garden beds from blueberry hill crafting.
A standard vegetable garden box is 4 ft 1 2 m by 8 ft 2 4 m but work with the space you have.
Clamp together the boards for each wall.
Follow our directions and you ll be able to build the 4 by 8 foot bed pictured here as a weekend.
Roll up the inside face 6 inches and staple to the inside of your diy garden box using a staple gun.
Put weed barrier inside of the raised planter boxes.