Day 16/31 Four hours building 4 garden beds. Walked about 6 miles in the process and the watch says I burned 800 calories but who knows. #31days
Discussion
Beautiful. Nice job! Good deep beds.
Thank you, our last ones were 12, these are 17 and were hoping it keeps the chickens and things out a little more 😂
😂 beds look so nice the first year with the fresh wood
100% the cedar smells soo good too
some people said these will last ten years and if you line the inside of the bed so dirt doesn't touch it with some food grade liner you can get 20 years
I’m on 8 years of just left over pine from a house project and I think they have a few more left. I definitely think you could get 20 with that method.
My last set of beds was a mix of cedar and pine, they both did great, only had to be a little more careful with the pine when drilling decking screws, it split on my but I didn't see a big difference between that and cedar
Those look awesome 🔥
What're you planning on growing?
In the beds tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, peas, squash, green beans
Elsewhere
- potatoes and sweet potatoes but in other beds
- peaches, apples, figs
- blackberries, blueberries
Peppers? 😂
That's awesome. Been wanting to get my own home veg garden going for some time. Any advice/tips/tricks?
- Untreated cedar is great, we used 1 inch thick first go around and they last 8 years, 2 inches you maybe can push to 20 years but they are expensive
- if you can minimize ground and dirt contact they last longer
- metal mending braces are good to make them line up
- think about self watering, I like a company called rainbird
This video is great
Nice work. Puts my little ones to shame
We had some little ones at the last house. They were great! Lasted us about 8 years
This is what I’m working with (bad pic, but about 4 ft long raised to waist level on platform; have two of them). Just replanted seeds after first batch failed 😢
Soon I shall have great lettuce and herb bounty though
This is awesome! What liner did you use?
Convoluted story… there were these 2x2 “kits” for the urban gardening on sale. Basically a plastic tub with some bottom-watering system that drains overflow. Hacked two together and put in these planters that were also on sale. Worked out well, except I suspect there’s leaking through my seams, so top watering this time around (rendering whole system sorta pointless, sigh) and having promising results
Experimenting is half the fun
Those aren't garden beds.
They're freakin bomb shelters.
What are you growing? Rhinos?
my kids are rhinos, yes
Great job!
We built 4 new ones yesterday, as well. There isn't any dirt here in Texas Hill Country, so this is the only way to go. Going with cedar is $$, but will serve you well, long term.
Post pictures! And agree, we've also done a little no dig Charles Dowding growing but the chickens get into it
Nice work.