Easy-Peasy Raised Beds in Tutorial: Easy-Peasy Raised Beds

By fiwit
October 28, 2013

When I first moved into my house, I diligently dug flower beds by de-turfing the 20-year-old Zoysia grass and tilling up the red Georgia clay. Then one day I realized I could simply build raised beds, and it cut my bed-creation time in half. I can now build an 8ft by 16ft raised bed in about a day, and here's how I do it:

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Cat

Apr 8, 2014 6:20 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Catherine
IN (Zone 5b)

Can you post the pics of your larger ones you did? I am getting ready to build 3 and I would really like to see how the larger ones look. I think I would like to do the main one in my front yard a little larger than the one you have pictured here in this article.

Thanks!

Cat
"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." - Veronica A. Shoffstall

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fiwit

Apr 8, 2014 6:44 PM CST

Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
Gardening dilettante, that's me!

This one is 8x16.

Planning....

Building....

Filling....

Finished (but not planted)....

The only thing I would do different on this one (above) is I would make that center divider a full wall. I could have saved 3-5 bags of dirt if it was a wall. I made another one, the weekend after I did this one, and split it lengthwise. So it's 8x16, but 4x16 of it is one height, and 4x16 of it is higher. Don't know where those pics are. This will eventually be another tutorial -- you might have just given me the push I needed to write it.

Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...

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virginiarose

Apr 9, 2014 2:19 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Fabulous!!

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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Cat

Apr 9, 2014 10:03 AM CST

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Name: Catherine
IN (Zone 5b)

They look Great!!

I just went and got the landscaping tembers this past weekend. Got really lucky and found them on sale for $.99 each!! What a Steal! The one with the 4 x 16 at two different levels is an interesting idea! May have to try that one! Thanks for all the info. I look forward to your next tutorial.

Cat
"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." - Veronica A. Shoffstall

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Last edited by Cat Apr 9, 2014 10:07 AM

fiwit

Apr 9, 2014 12:28 PM CST

Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
Gardening dilettante, that's me!

Cat said:They look Great!! I just went and got the landscaping tembers this past weekend. Got really lucky and found them on sale for $.99 each!! What a Steal! The one with the 4 x 16 at two different levels is an interesting idea! May have to try that one! Thanks for all the info. I look forward to your next tutorial.

When I find them at $1 each, I buy 4-6 dozen and store them.

I like the two-tiered look, myself. Next up, I should do an octagon or something.

Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...

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Cat

Apr 9, 2014 1:32 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Catherine
IN (Zone 5b)

I bought 50! Guess that was a good start.

Octagon would look really nice for a front yard!

Cat
"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." - Veronica A. Shoffstall

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fiwit

Apr 9, 2014 1:53 PM CST

Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
Gardening dilettante, that's me!

Cat said:I bought 50! Guess that was a good start. Octagon would look really nice for a front yard!

50 sounds like a GREAT start!

I'm now pondering a two or three tier octagon made with 4ft timbers....

Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...

| @fiwit | Post #586216 (7)

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