Making A Raised Garden Bed With Concrete Blocks

The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks.

Making a raised garden bed with concrete blocks.

But now that we moved i have a big empty yard that gets lots of sun. 64 standard 8 x 8 x 16 inch concrete blocks or cinder blocks. A raised bed garden should be 3 to 4 feet wide so you can access it from both sides without stepping in the bed. A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow.

How to make a cinder block garden. Do you want a bed close to the ground. Want your plants higher and easier to reach. In this post i will show you exactly how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks step by step.

Especially after you ve added soil and plants. He grows enough food to donate a huge amount to his local food bank. You can build your own soil. Just do one layer.

Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. Go for two or three layers. The center one is two blocks high which makes it stand out as the central area of the garden. That s why before you start building there are four things to consider.

In most of his cinder block beds he plants a variety of vegetables in the center and onions in the perimeter holes. These instructions describe building a 4 foot by 6 foot by 10 1 2 inch bed with 2 x 4 untreated lumber. I built my first raised bed from concrete blocks aka cinder blocks a few years ago though my garden wasn t too successful because our yard had become much shadier. Small sledge hammer to drive rebar into place.

The advantages to raised bed gardening are many. 12 raised garden beds made with cinder blocks. Build a concrete block raised bed garden. This raised garden looks like it is positioned along the side a building.

You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support. Concrete blocks often called cinder blocks are a common material used to create a raised bed system. A concrete block raised bed is cheap and easy to build and a great way to quickly add diy raised garden beds to your yard. The best part is that you can build your raised bed right over the top of the grass.

The size is up to you. These beds were built by jon hughes on gardenweb. They re easier to work again less bending over. 64 reinforcing steel bars rebar.

There s no tilling required less compaction from stepping on the soil. How to build your free raised garden beds the right way although garden beds are not a permanent construction you definitely don t want to move or replace them once you set them on the ground. You might be wondering about the blocks since chances are most raised beds you ve seen were made of wood. Gloves to protect your hands.

The ground outside of the raised garden is covered in small pebbles and the grass is perfectly trimmed.