Building A Raised Bed Garden
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Building a raised bed garden. It is a box with no bottom or top a frame really that is placed in a sunny spot and filled with good quality soil to become a source of pride and pleasure and a centerpiece of the garden. A raised bed can solve a variety of garden problems especially if you have hard packed poor soil in your yard. A raised garden bed or simply raised bed is a large planting container that sits aboveground and is filled with soil and plants. These types of raised garden beds are designed to resist warping and can help ensure a long and maintenance free life in outdoor conditions.
Mini elevated raised garden bed. A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow. These instructions describe building a 4 foot by 6 foot by 10 1 2 inch bed with 2 x 4 untreated lumber. Build this raised garden bed 33.
By building up the beds at their lowest sections like these stone raised beds you can create the illusion of a level garden. What i like the most about elevated garden beds is the ease of using them. Watch this diy network video on how to build a raised garden for winter herbs and vegetables by using a kit. The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks.
While wooden beds are available in kits learning how to build a raised garden bed is a straightforward project suitable for those with some experience using common tools. Make your beds wide enough so that you can still have a layered flower garden with a border of shrubs framing the back of the garden and plenty of room for perennials that will provide colors textures and edge softening drapes. For a simple raised garden bed.