Build Your Own Raised Beds
Step-by-step instructions
Build Your Own Raised Beds
Step-by-step instructions
Required Materials
- Four 8 foot long 2-by-6s
- Two 8 foot long 2-by-6s cut in half
- One 6 foot long 4-by-4 cut into four 16” tall corner posts
- Weed suppressing landscape fabric
- 32 3” screws
- 32 cubic feet of Cedar Grove soil (options below)
How-To Guide
- Prepare the location by removing grass and weeds.
- Outline the bed dimensions on the ground using chalk or string.
- Dig along the outline using vertical strokes to bury about half of your first wood board.
- Put down a layer of newspaper or weed-suppressing landscape fabric that extends to the outside edges of the outline.
- Set a 4-foot 2-by-6 on its thin edge on pavement, and place a 16” post at one end. Secure post with two 3” screws. Repeat at other end of board. Repeat with other short board.
- Join short sides with an 8-foot board; and secure with two screws. Add other long side. Add second layer of 2-by-6s.
- Place the bed into the outline made in step 3.
- Fill the bed with Cedar Grove Potting Soil.
- Alternative: amend native soil with either Cedar Grove Compost, Booster Blend Garden Soil, or Topsoil Planting Mix.
