Best DIY Raised Garden Bed! Simple raised gardens beds are easy…and ugly! Why not elevate your design and build a modern garden bed that not only looks great, but is functionally stronger and more durable than a traditional 4-board raised bed?
In this video, I show you step by step how to make this design. Its not hard and only involves minimal tools and prior skills. Similar designs in stores go for hundreds of dollars and don’t look nearly as nice!
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Also check out this simple design for another option: https://youtu.be/PDvO-ZWlKcc
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Very elegant raised beds but dang… $$$. What is the cost per each one? I built like 6 this summer out of bamboo flooring that we bought cheap but decided not to use. Need to build more raised beds for next year but out of flooring.hehe.
Call me crazy, but I like the non-stained ones the best. The black ones are striking though!
Well done. The older I've managed to get, the taller my raised beds have become. At 62, they are now counter height. No reaching or bending. Now, I understand the aversion to some with the cost of filling a 3 ft tall bed. Here's how I do it…..I fill the bottom 1/3 with any kind of gravel, rock, or junk masonry for drainage. The middle 1/3 is typically any 'junk' wood I can scrounge for water retention/wicking. (think about Hugelkultur). Only the TOP 1/3 gets the 'lasagna'/minimal till treatment. 90% of the plants I grow only need about 12" of 'soil'. Those that need more send roots into the decomposing wood. Win, win, win. Hope this helps…~Eli.
awesome!
Would 2×4 treated lumber be ok?
I know it mite sound silly but what did u fill them with, just 50/50 on garden soil and compost
Hi can we have the list and dimensions
Unfortunately cedar is absurdly expensive in Australia. The only fence boards (palings) we can get on the cheap are made of treated pine. Even allowing for the exchange rate the price at our Home Depot equivalent (called Bunnings) is ridiculous:
https://bunnings.com.au/138-x-38mm-western-red-cedar-dressed-board-linear-metre_p8380430
Store-bought raised beds made out of wood often use white cypress (local to my state of Queensland) but you can't buy it at Bunnings. I could get 12m worth of 200mm x 50mm white cypress sleepers for about $200 AUD ($140 USD) at a lumber yard. Australian hardwood options suitable for outdoor use (ironbark, red gum) are likewise only available at lumber yards but even more expensive. As much as I want to do this project myself, in terms of $$$ I don't think I'll be able to beat something out of a retail box…unless I just accept the risks of the CCA treatment and line the inside with plastic.
If I go forward with the white cypress it would be purely for the enjoyment of the project – and I'd need to pick up a circular or mitre saw on top of everything else. It's probably not the right time for that financially, but the temptation remains nonetheless!
P.S. – I've relocated from the USA to Australia, hence the lack of the right tools for the job at the moment. It has truly been enlightening to discover the vast difference between lumber in the two countries. Lumber is SO CHEAP in the USA compared to here…don't take it for granted!
Also have a couple questions – you mention cutting the sides to 21" but to me that looks like 4 6" fence boards cleanly lined up along a 24" board. Similarly, I see 16 fence boards lined up on the sides, which equals exactly 8 ft. Then you have an additional 2.125" on each end of the long side 2x4s to account for the 1.5" 2×4 and the 5/8" of your fence board.
So aren't the actual dimensions more like 100.25" x 27"?
Finally…is there a reason for leaving a gap on the bottom of the sides and not having the fence boards go all the way down to the ground?
Thanks!!
Wow that was awesome and not complicated…it's going on my list of beds to do in the Spring!