Making A Raised Garden Bed With Concrete 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.

Making a raised garden bed with concrete blocks.

Small sledge hammer to drive rebar into place. How to make a cinder block garden. How to build a raised bed garden concrete block thralls edmund l extension faculty urban horticulture. Just do one layer.

Especially after you ve added soil and plants. This raised garden looks like it is positioned along the side a building. The center one is two blocks high which makes it stand out as the central area of the garden. There s no tilling required less compaction from stepping on the soil.

He grows enough food to donate a huge amount to his local food bank. 12 raised garden beds made with cinder blocks. Do you want a bed close to the ground. Build a concrete block raised bed garden.

The ground outside of the raised garden is covered in small pebbles and the grass is perfectly trimmed. A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow. They re easier to work again less bending over. In most of his cinder block beds he plants a variety of vegetables in the center and onions in the perimeter holes.

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. In this post i will show you exactly how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks step by step. That s why before you start building there are four things to consider. 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.

But now that we moved i have a big empty yard that gets lots of sun. The advantages to raised bed gardening are many. The best part is that you can build your raised bed right over the top of the grass. Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.

Go for two or three layers. Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. You can build your own soil. Gloves to protect your hands.

64 reinforcing steel bars rebar. The size is up to you. They re easier to weed less bending over. 64 standard 8 x 8 x 16 inch concrete blocks or cinder blocks.

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. The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks. You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support.

Want your plants higher and easier to reach.