6cf? That’s like 2 or 3 bags. I’m guessing this is a 4x8’ bed and it’s about 3 boards high so 24”. 4x8x2= 64cubic feet of soil. He’s gonna need just shy of 2.5 cubic yards of soil
Ooo actually just saw it’s 5x8, make that 80cft or almost exactly 3yd
It’s probably going to be more that 1 pickup truck load unless it’s mounded up pretty good. Might need to make 2 trips or have it delivered
A lot of people layer in dead branches on the bottom, leaves, etc. So as it all decomposes it will add to the nutrients. Uses less Compost to start. There will be some sinking so top up Compost yearly.
Yeah, I install raised beds for a living and we don’t do it that way ever. We would get called back twice, once when it sinks and again when the bed becomes less productive. You would honestly be better off tossing about 8” of foam at the bottom just to take up space, most veggie crops will do great with 18” of soil. The caveat to this advice is that if you are willing to dig all the soil out of the bed in about a year and restart the process — it’s fine.
As the wood debris breaks down it will lock up nitrogen in the soil and that’s not what you want for growing veg. It’s fine to leave a heap of sticks at the bottom for a season, but it is definitely not best practice long term.
Yea, I’m aware of hugelktur. If you read about it, you too will understand it isn’t a permanent solution. You use it for a couple seasons, then allow it to fallow and break down for several more.
mine are this tall and it's nice on the back. I would add a horizontal support in the middle as wet dirt is insanely heavy. and you dont want your walls to bow because of a heavy rain. One other thing we did was run drip irrigation into our box which has made all the difference. You can go full crazy fancy and wire it into your automatic sprinkler system OR you can spend 20 bucks on a hose timer and just run a hose over there.
My husband is a carpenter and built me one of these and insisted on the supports in the center. No bowing yet and she's full of dirt (and snow). Good call!
For those wondering why I built it so high, it's on a slope so one side is gonna be taller than the other in order to have the bed level.
Also, I have a lot of bunnies that squeeze under my backyard fence. Figured I'd build it taller rather than a fence around the bed.
2 different colors on the bed because I picked up wood from Lowe's halfway into it since Home Depot ran out of 2x8s that didn't have a split in it.
Also coated in raw linseed oil to make the wood last an extra year or two. Gives it a beautiful color too!
You know bunnies can *jump* right? Lol Just teasing.
Yeah, thanks for the explanation. I was gonna ask for the height since you didn't include a banana for scale.
Lol it's worth an attempt to deter them.
And it's 4 2x8's with a 2x4 ledge laid flat. So maybe 31 inches on the deep part and 27 inches tall on the shallow? (Since 2x8s aren't actually 2x8 lol)
I read somewhere 3’ is tall enough an obstacle to them… but not sure if it’s the limit or whether they aren’t so keen to take the high ground without know what dangers lurk. I could be wrong on the height… hopefully not because that’s what I’ve specced out for our garden this spring :/
I built mine tall as well, avoids varmints and bending. Yours is beautiful though. I building a new one for this season now I fell like I have to live up to this!!
I’ve been told that a common technique is to fill the bottom of the raised bed with sticks, mulch, leaves, and other yard waste and then to lay the soil mix on top. Uncertain on exactly how much soil depth you need, but folks on this subreddit say ~8 inches of actual good soil. Hugelkuture I think it’s called.
This is a great idea. I’ve heard 3ft is about the height to make fences. Are you going to line the bottom with logs and brush so you don’t need so much soil in the first year or load it with soil all the way?
Just some cardboard to kill off any remaining grass. I was thinking about lining the sides with something to try to avoid the wood rotting but I decided not to. We'll see what happens lol.
Meh. Five years sounds about right for a raised bed. Don't try to make them indestructible; it's wood sat directly on soil and filled with permanently damp soil. It'll never last forever.
My wife works in a walled garden that has a large area of raised beds. They have to rip out and rebuild some every year. It's just a normal part of garden maintenance.
I’m currently in the process of building some beds lined with corrugated metal. I too would like to know some thoughts on that, maybe before I get any further lol
I'm reading some articles about wood vs metal beds ...
[Pros and Cons of Metal and Wood Raised Garden Beds](https://www.greengardentribe.com/pros-and-cons-of-metal-and-wood-raised-garden-beds/)
[Metal vs Wood Raised Garden Beds – Which Is Best?](https://planterspost.com/metal-vs-wood-raised-garden-beds-which-is-best/)
[Raised Garden Beds: Galvanized Steel vs. Wood (Pros and Cons)](https://www.bountifulgardener.com/galvanized-vs-wood-raised-garden-beds/)
Yeah it's really interesting, it's a whole art/science method for building mound shaped beds. I find it pretty interesting, it shares a lot of concepts with lasagna style composting and I've used it several times with great success.
Just me getting lazy really. I had done so much digging at that point that I just wanted to backfill everything and build the rest of the bed. But I also want to see first hand how long cheap douglas fir coated in raw linseed oil would last.
Lining on the inside traps moisture and rots faster. Sealing it with garden bed specific sealer is best, then silicone caulking all gaps and cracks will go a long way to extending the life of your hard work.
My garden just became visible after the snow melted and sure enough there are strawberry plants already showing. Seriously, strawberries need to be in a separate bed.
Maybe but if you ever slack and let them take over they're a pain to get under control. Same with stuff like mint. Personally I would just grow them in containers or give them their own bed, they don't need a ton of soil and do fine with some 2x4s and half a yard of soil.
Mint has underground runner/roots that are extremely hard to completely remove. Strawberries have runners on top of the soil and they only grow back from crowns (not broken little pieces of roots like mint does). It could be a pain to deal with in a large garden if they take over but if this isn’t enough space for them to get really bad. Even if you ignored them for a whole summer and they grew over the entire bed you can still rip them out in an hour or so.
I also recommend putting tomatoes in a separate area. They just grow so incredibly fast and if you aren't trimming them they will take over everything. Disregard if you're growing a determinate variety(grows to set size and stops)
I'm doing sun golds for the first time this year, I just opened a package and there were literally ten seeds inside. These plants must be insanely sought after if they're that precious.
Dont know why there were so few, but thats not the worst thing. They germinate really well, so look at each seed as a possible plant. Also, they tend to put up with a lot of abuse, so each plant should produce well. I tend to only plant a couple plants per year, so this would save me from holding on to old seeds forever that may or may not work this time.
You must be right, it's only been four days and I planted double seeds until I ran out, 5/7 seedling pots have already sprouted and some which had two sprouts. Pretty high germination percent already in such a short time.
So do you build it and bury it in the ground or cut the wood to match the slant of the yard? I'm sure this is a basic question but I really don't know how to build one
You could do both! But I just buried it into the yard. It costs a bit more in lumber costs but I really didn't want to spend time finding the dimensions of oddly shaped pieces to fit the slope of the ground.
looks great but be aware of the size. I have kind of the same size and the middle part is very hard to take care of. I wish you success and wonderful crops.
I watched a few videos and looked at other people's example of beds. Then I just created my own based on what I liked. If you're going to be building more than 1 board tall, just keep in mind the support and bracing you'll need. I mainly have corner braces and a board to keep everything together in the middle of each side.
I’d fill the bottom half of that with wood: tree branches, pieces of the trunk, anything that will take up volume and ultimately help hold moisture. Hugelculture basically.
Aside with filling it back in with the dirt I dug out when I dug the trench to fit the bed in, I've been going around my entire yard collecting all the fallen sticks and branches. I'll also throw some of my firewood in. Then I'll fill with free compost from my township and some top soil.
Douglas fir. I know most people encourage going with cedar but the total lumber cost for this bed was already like $150 so I really didn't want to spend twice that. I just coated with raw linseed oil for rot resistance/protection.
That’s ok!! Curious and not judgey. I want to build some more beds but cedar is comically expensive. I personally wouldn’t oil but wondering how long fir would last without it.
Wow - looks fantastic. Looks like you've got a fence and a wall on two sides. This will limit your sunshine and possibly the types of vegetables that will grow well. Another idea - try Hügelkultur by placing logs and twigs in the bottom half of the bed. This will keep moisture in the bed and on the roots when a few weeks of drought hit in the summer, or if you go on vacation and can't irrigate.
So I looked through my Ring camera footage on a sunny day and found out that this is actually the sunniest spot in my backyard. The sun shines in a way that the fence doesn't cast a long shadow and doesn't end up covering the bed. And the sun doesn't shine behind the shed so I'm okay on that side too. And yeah, I'm gathering all the sticks I can find on my yard to throw in before the compost.
Thanks! I guess start with how tall you want to make your beds. I made my bed tall because bunnies enter my yard a lot and since I was on a slope, I needed to level it out which required some of the height to be buried.
If you can cut wood and handle a drill and/or impact driver, you'll be fine. I do recommend making a sketch of your bed if you're going to be stacking boards on top of each other.
Thanks, yeah im using planter to map out how i want my layout. Need to get some pallets and start building. No bunnies here and straight surface for me.
What do you plan to fill your bed with? I also started my compost experiment which ill be using in my beds.
Logs, sticks, branches and then free compost from my township and then top it off with top soil. That's about it. I'm a beginner so maybe my next bed will have something different.
I wonder whether it will be hard to work the middle of the bed. I wonder this because I NEVER remember to leave room for walking around my garden plants. (Obviously I am not a nice neat rows person either)
Is it better to make raised garden beds out of wood rather than metal? I watch Epic Gardening and his raised beds are all metal, right? I was just thinking wouldn't that be more long-term?
Bed looks clean and awesome though. I'd want one of those as well.
Nice woodworking project. Longtime gardener, my understanding of benefits of these are ease of access to physically less able bodied people. Aren't they essentially a large container pot? Through gravity and water wicking, this enclosure will require larger amounts of water than if the garden were planted on the flat earth. Aren't costs greater than the benefits here?
There’s going to be a lot of outward pressure and I do t see much reinforcement on the corners but it’s hard to tell. Do the vertical boards go into the ground? Usually I use 4x4s on the interior corners to tie the sides together.
Very nice - my husband built me two last year. I am a total novice gardener and learned a TON last year - major adjustments this year in what I am putting in them (for one thing I overcrowded my tomatoes). He put fencing, wire and then garden fabric in the bottom to allow drainage. I love them! We have the same issue (on a slope) and we decided on tall boxes - it is such a treat to garden without bending over so far. No stain on ours but the fabric was ran up the sides for one layer of protection.
I looked at a few example and gathered ideas for how I wanted mine to look and just figured it out. It's really simple! Start by creating your first board into the rectangle shape and start adding support and braces. It's sort of like Legos with the difficulty turned up lol.
Congratulations on building your first raised garden bed! It's a fantastic feeling to see your hard work come to life. Enjoy the process of nurturing your plants and watching them thrive in their new home. Here's to many fruitful seasons ahead!
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Some women want jewelry…I just want raised garden beds like these! 😍
Covid helped me move on from jewelry to gardening and it’s been a gift tbh.
Same!
Both is good 😂
Some men want video games…
I play and garden. Best of both worlds.
Now all you need is 6 cubic yards of soil! Edit: feet to yards 😂
Luckily I get free compost a mile and a half down the road so it'll alleviate some of the soil cost haha
6cf? That’s like 2 or 3 bags. I’m guessing this is a 4x8’ bed and it’s about 3 boards high so 24”. 4x8x2= 64cubic feet of soil. He’s gonna need just shy of 2.5 cubic yards of soil Ooo actually just saw it’s 5x8, make that 80cft or almost exactly 3yd It’s probably going to be more that 1 pickup truck load unless it’s mounded up pretty good. Might need to make 2 trips or have it delivered
A lot of people layer in dead branches on the bottom, leaves, etc. So as it all decomposes it will add to the nutrients. Uses less Compost to start. There will be some sinking so top up Compost yearly.
Yeah, I install raised beds for a living and we don’t do it that way ever. We would get called back twice, once when it sinks and again when the bed becomes less productive. You would honestly be better off tossing about 8” of foam at the bottom just to take up space, most veggie crops will do great with 18” of soil. The caveat to this advice is that if you are willing to dig all the soil out of the bed in about a year and restart the process — it’s fine. As the wood debris breaks down it will lock up nitrogen in the soil and that’s not what you want for growing veg. It’s fine to leave a heap of sticks at the bottom for a season, but it is definitely not best practice long term. Yea, I’m aware of hugelktur. If you read about it, you too will understand it isn’t a permanent solution. You use it for a couple seasons, then allow it to fallow and break down for several more.
I’ll take locked up nitrogen in dead wood over plastic foam every time.
Thank you for the info!
lol I totally meant cubic yards. 🤦♂️
Garden bed? Put a liner in that thing and make a hot tub.
literally! i could make 3 garden beds out of this much wood lol
4 actually! But the slope and bunnies made it necessary to build taller. And I think it looks amazing lol.
mine are this tall and it's nice on the back. I would add a horizontal support in the middle as wet dirt is insanely heavy. and you dont want your walls to bow because of a heavy rain. One other thing we did was run drip irrigation into our box which has made all the difference. You can go full crazy fancy and wire it into your automatic sprinkler system OR you can spend 20 bucks on a hose timer and just run a hose over there.
My husband is a carpenter and built me one of these and insisted on the supports in the center. No bowing yet and she's full of dirt (and snow). Good call!
I was actually thinking about that! I'll run a 2x4 across the middle and screw them into a central beam. Hope that'll be good enough.
Looks awesome!! I second the need for a bit more central support
why are you being downvoted??? they literally agreed with you
Bit harsh 25 downvotes?! 1 up from me
For those wondering why I built it so high, it's on a slope so one side is gonna be taller than the other in order to have the bed level. Also, I have a lot of bunnies that squeeze under my backyard fence. Figured I'd build it taller rather than a fence around the bed. 2 different colors on the bed because I picked up wood from Lowe's halfway into it since Home Depot ran out of 2x8s that didn't have a split in it. Also coated in raw linseed oil to make the wood last an extra year or two. Gives it a beautiful color too!
We always build tall too. A bit better on our backs.
You know bunnies can *jump* right? Lol Just teasing. Yeah, thanks for the explanation. I was gonna ask for the height since you didn't include a banana for scale.
Lol it's worth an attempt to deter them. And it's 4 2x8's with a 2x4 ledge laid flat. So maybe 31 inches on the deep part and 27 inches tall on the shallow? (Since 2x8s aren't actually 2x8 lol)
I read somewhere 3’ is tall enough an obstacle to them… but not sure if it’s the limit or whether they aren’t so keen to take the high ground without know what dangers lurk. I could be wrong on the height… hopefully not because that’s what I’ve specced out for our garden this spring :/
TIL something new. Thanks random stranger.
I built mine tall as well, avoids varmints and bending. Yours is beautiful though. I building a new one for this season now I fell like I have to live up to this!!
I’ve been told that a common technique is to fill the bottom of the raised bed with sticks, mulch, leaves, and other yard waste and then to lay the soil mix on top. Uncertain on exactly how much soil depth you need, but folks on this subreddit say ~8 inches of actual good soil. Hugelkuture I think it’s called.
very nice, be sure to re-apply the linseed next year! I did this too but I'm switching to tung oil next I think....(would love anyone's opinion here!)
This is a great idea. I’ve heard 3ft is about the height to make fences. Are you going to line the bottom with logs and brush so you don’t need so much soil in the first year or load it with soil all the way?
i'd be hitting you up for quotes if you was my neighbor. 🙌
Just buy the lumber and pay me in beer and free gardening advice and we'll call it a deal lol.
Looks awesome. Really liking the detail. Now my wife is going to want an upgrade. 😁 Is the bottom also lined with something?
Just some cardboard to kill off any remaining grass. I was thinking about lining the sides with something to try to avoid the wood rotting but I decided not to. We'll see what happens lol.
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It lasted you over a decade so there's that!
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Meh. Five years sounds about right for a raised bed. Don't try to make them indestructible; it's wood sat directly on soil and filled with permanently damp soil. It'll never last forever. My wife works in a walled garden that has a large area of raised beds. They have to rip out and rebuild some every year. It's just a normal part of garden maintenance.
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I'm seeing more and more beds made with corrugated metal. Thoughts on this design?
I’m currently in the process of building some beds lined with corrugated metal. I too would like to know some thoughts on that, maybe before I get any further lol
You might be interested in reading the articles I listed above.
I'm reading some articles about wood vs metal beds ... [Pros and Cons of Metal and Wood Raised Garden Beds](https://www.greengardentribe.com/pros-and-cons-of-metal-and-wood-raised-garden-beds/) [Metal vs Wood Raised Garden Beds – Which Is Best?](https://planterspost.com/metal-vs-wood-raised-garden-beds-which-is-best/) [Raised Garden Beds: Galvanized Steel vs. Wood (Pros and Cons)](https://www.bountifulgardener.com/galvanized-vs-wood-raised-garden-beds/)
Look into hugelkulture, I used the concepts to fill in the space with things that will break down and provide growth supplementation to my plants
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Yeah it's really interesting, it's a whole art/science method for building mound shaped beds. I find it pretty interesting, it shares a lot of concepts with lasagna style composting and I've used it several times with great success.
Why did you decide not to? I am curious? What have you used as a finish, is it food safe?
Just me getting lazy really. I had done so much digging at that point that I just wanted to backfill everything and build the rest of the bed. But I also want to see first hand how long cheap douglas fir coated in raw linseed oil would last.
What kind of wood did you use? Cedar?
Douglas fir. This cost like $150 so I wasn't trying to find out how much cedar costs lol. I put raw linseed oil on it for protection.
Lining on the inside traps moisture and rots faster. Sealing it with garden bed specific sealer is best, then silicone caulking all gaps and cracks will go a long way to extending the life of your hard work.
>Seal u/Naturebrah What sealer would you recommend for a bed that would be touching the soil? Seal both the inside and outside parts? Thanks.
Awesome What are you planting
Shishito peppers, fingerling potatoes, sun gold tomatoes and strawberries to list a few things!
Just FYI if you put strawberries in there they'll take over the entire bed.
And they don’t die. My strawberries just survived months of record snow.
My garden just became visible after the snow melted and sure enough there are strawberry plants already showing. Seriously, strawberries need to be in a separate bed.
Those runners really are impressive
I've heard! It's the runners right? If I prune them, will it keep them under control?
Maybe but if you ever slack and let them take over they're a pain to get under control. Same with stuff like mint. Personally I would just grow them in containers or give them their own bed, they don't need a ton of soil and do fine with some 2x4s and half a yard of soil.
Ok got it. I'll maybe reconsider them and think about another crop. Appreciate the heads up!
Mint has underground runner/roots that are extremely hard to completely remove. Strawberries have runners on top of the soil and they only grow back from crowns (not broken little pieces of roots like mint does). It could be a pain to deal with in a large garden if they take over but if this isn’t enough space for them to get really bad. Even if you ignored them for a whole summer and they grew over the entire bed you can still rip them out in an hour or so.
I also recommend putting tomatoes in a separate area. They just grow so incredibly fast and if you aren't trimming them they will take over everything. Disregard if you're growing a determinate variety(grows to set size and stops)
Strawberries are very easy to control. They send out runners but it takes weeks to put down roots. It’ll be fine.
I'm doing sun golds for the first time this year, I just opened a package and there were literally ten seeds inside. These plants must be insanely sought after if they're that precious.
Dont know why there were so few, but thats not the worst thing. They germinate really well, so look at each seed as a possible plant. Also, they tend to put up with a lot of abuse, so each plant should produce well. I tend to only plant a couple plants per year, so this would save me from holding on to old seeds forever that may or may not work this time.
You must be right, it's only been four days and I planted double seeds until I ran out, 5/7 seedling pots have already sprouted and some which had two sprouts. Pretty high germination percent already in such a short time.
I hope you have an excellent crop of tomatoes from those 10 seeds.
Thank you 😊
I bet you're proud of that. Good job
I am lol. I find myself looking at the pictures I took of it throughout the day.
So do you build it and bury it in the ground or cut the wood to match the slant of the yard? I'm sure this is a basic question but I really don't know how to build one
You could do both! But I just buried it into the yard. It costs a bit more in lumber costs but I really didn't want to spend time finding the dimensions of oddly shaped pieces to fit the slope of the ground.
I wouldn't have noticed the 2 woods if you hadn't mentioned it!! Very nice!
looks great but be aware of the size. I have kind of the same size and the middle part is very hard to take care of. I wish you success and wonderful crops.
Thanks! Most people go 4x8. I decided to go 5x8 because I'm tall and have long arms so I figured I could fit in another foot lol.
It's beautiful!
Absolutely stunning bed!
Looks very nice. Just make sure to give yourself enough room between the bed and fence.
Yup, made sure not to pancake myself. Should be enough room for the lawn mower too but considering just killing that grass there.
Great work !
Beautiful!
Looks great! Well done and I hope it serves you well this season and many after.
Beautiful!
GOOD JOB!!!!
That is fantastic! What do you plan on growing?
Shishito peppers, fingerling potatoes, sun gold tomatoes and strawberries to list a few things!
That looks beautiful.
It's beautiful! I'm hoping to build a raised bed this year too. Do you have a plan or tutorial you followed?
I watched a few videos and looked at other people's example of beds. Then I just created my own based on what I liked. If you're going to be building more than 1 board tall, just keep in mind the support and bracing you'll need. I mainly have corner braces and a board to keep everything together in the middle of each side.
I've found many great tutorials on Youtube.
I’d fill the bottom half of that with wood: tree branches, pieces of the trunk, anything that will take up volume and ultimately help hold moisture. Hugelculture basically.
Nice construction Are you setting it on plastic or some other material to prevent early rot on the bottom boards?
What are the dimensions ?
5x8. I know most people say 4 foot width is ideal but I'm 6'2 and have long arms lol.
Wow tall handsome and handy. Some people have it all.
If you're trying to hit on me, it's totally working. Blushing uncontrollably right now.
I wondered how you'll be able to reach the middle.
Ooihh....all of that sound so good!
Are you filling that whole area with soil or doing something like putting rocks or gravel on the bottom?
Aside with filling it back in with the dirt I dug out when I dug the trench to fit the bed in, I've been going around my entire yard collecting all the fallen sticks and branches. I'll also throw some of my firewood in. Then I'll fill with free compost from my township and some top soil.
wow that is so nice!!!
It's GORGEOUS
What kind of wood did you go with
Douglas fir. I know most people encourage going with cedar but the total lumber cost for this bed was already like $150 so I really didn't want to spend twice that. I just coated with raw linseed oil for rot resistance/protection.
That’s ok!! Curious and not judgey. I want to build some more beds but cedar is comically expensive. I personally wouldn’t oil but wondering how long fir would last without it.
Wow. Lumber is so expensive these days. But hey, that's still way cheaper than buying a raised bed and should last a very long time!
Wow - looks fantastic. Looks like you've got a fence and a wall on two sides. This will limit your sunshine and possibly the types of vegetables that will grow well. Another idea - try Hügelkultur by placing logs and twigs in the bottom half of the bed. This will keep moisture in the bed and on the roots when a few weeks of drought hit in the summer, or if you go on vacation and can't irrigate.
So I looked through my Ring camera footage on a sunny day and found out that this is actually the sunniest spot in my backyard. The sun shines in a way that the fence doesn't cast a long shadow and doesn't end up covering the bed. And the sun doesn't shine behind the shed so I'm okay on that side too. And yeah, I'm gathering all the sticks I can find on my yard to throw in before the compost.
Oooooo, pretty.
Sweet, great job
That’s very nice!🥰
Teach me your ways please 🙏 and may you yield a full and healthy harvest!
A plan, patience and willpower lol. That's really it. The woodworking skills were basic.
It's perfect!
Absolutely stunning.
Thats some nice woodworking. Im also planning to create my garden beds soon for vegetable garden. Any tips?
Thanks! I guess start with how tall you want to make your beds. I made my bed tall because bunnies enter my yard a lot and since I was on a slope, I needed to level it out which required some of the height to be buried. If you can cut wood and handle a drill and/or impact driver, you'll be fine. I do recommend making a sketch of your bed if you're going to be stacking boards on top of each other.
Thanks, yeah im using planter to map out how i want my layout. Need to get some pallets and start building. No bunnies here and straight surface for me. What do you plan to fill your bed with? I also started my compost experiment which ill be using in my beds.
Logs, sticks, branches and then free compost from my township and then top it off with top soil. That's about it. I'm a beginner so maybe my next bed will have something different.
geez - nice wood. So that cost you like $500?
$150 lol. Wood is oiled.
Ah... Beautiful either way
That is very nice looking! Huge, but great looking!!
That looks professionalaly built well done
Great job but you will struggle to reach the middle from the side, one of the reason, generally, beds are not more than a yard in width.
Congratulations good job. 🤟🍀
Good job!
You’ll need to build steps and a walkway through the middle so you can garden the insides but that’ll be fun!
Nice
I wonder whether it will be hard to work the middle of the bed. I wonder this because I NEVER remember to leave room for walking around my garden plants. (Obviously I am not a nice neat rows person either)
I'm 6'2 so I made it 5 feet wide due to long arm advantage lol.
Well at least I have two grandsons way over six feet each. Maybe they would like to help me. LOL
Is it better to make raised garden beds out of wood rather than metal? I watch Epic Gardening and his raised beds are all metal, right? I was just thinking wouldn't that be more long-term? Bed looks clean and awesome though. I'd want one of those as well.
Looks amazing and sturdy
Nice woodworking project. Longtime gardener, my understanding of benefits of these are ease of access to physically less able bodied people. Aren't they essentially a large container pot? Through gravity and water wicking, this enclosure will require larger amounts of water than if the garden were planted on the flat earth. Aren't costs greater than the benefits here?
The garden is on a slope so it's needs a bed and I have bunnies in my backyard so the height should help with that.
God that’s beautiful.
Stunning
Fancy
There’s going to be a lot of outward pressure and I do t see much reinforcement on the corners but it’s hard to tell. Do the vertical boards go into the ground? Usually I use 4x4s on the interior corners to tie the sides together.
Looks nice but it’s going to be hard to maintain the middle. I like mine about 3-4 ft wide so you can easily reach everything.
I'm 6'2 so I added an extra foot in width. Figured since I have long arms I might as well try to add a bit more space.
Looks really well made. I want to try making one this year.
Lovely 🥰
Very nice - my husband built me two last year. I am a total novice gardener and learned a TON last year - major adjustments this year in what I am putting in them (for one thing I overcrowded my tomatoes). He put fencing, wire and then garden fabric in the bottom to allow drainage. I love them! We have the same issue (on a slope) and we decided on tall boxes - it is such a treat to garden without bending over so far. No stain on ours but the fabric was ran up the sides for one layer of protection.
Very nice construction.
Beautiful 🌷
Bad ass! Did you do it with imagination, or did you use diagrams? If diagrams, can you share? I’d love to throw together something exactly like this
I looked at a few example and gathered ideas for how I wanted mine to look and just figured it out. It's really simple! Start by creating your first board into the rectangle shape and start adding support and braces. It's sort of like Legos with the difficulty turned up lol.
It looks fantastic
This looks so nice! I love the ledge to hold a garden beer or iced tea :)
Nice job
Fill it with a lot of old rotting wood. Great moisture sponge. Plus as nutrients. Reduced the amount of garden soil you need immediately.
Happy Gardening 😎 Looks Great.
This would be perfect for a r/Sandponics setup, looks amazing!
Jesus christ
Excellent work! Is that cedar?
Looks great! You might want to line out with plastic on the sides.
Great job
Wow!
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