Raised Garden Bed

[Jeddak]

You are limited by your imagination only. I'd use retaining wall blocks if I was going to build any today.

Ugly.

 

[Jeddak]

Do you use cisterns to collect rain water then transfer to your drip setup?

Yep. Multiple collection cisterns and multiple watering containers, some on drio irrigation, some use gravity fed hoses.
Will be moving my rhubarb into a new bed in the shade and will put it on drip irrigation as well. Saves water and easy to fertalize

 

[Horsehat]

Yep. Multiple collection cisterns and multiple watering containers, some on drio irrigation, some use gravity fed hoses.
Will be moving my rhubarb into a new bed in the shade and will put it on drip irrigation as well. Saves water and easy to fertalize

Do you use water soluble fertilizer and run it through the drip?

 

[Jeddak]

Do you use water soluble fertilizer and run it through the drip?

Yep. Strawberries are heavy feeders and they love it.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Ugly.

Huh? They can be as elaborate and "pretty" or as simple and utilitarian as you want. And they'll outlast the owner.

 

[Jeddak]

Huh? They can be as elaborate and "pretty" or as simple and utilitarian as you want. And they'll outlast the owner.

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I thought you were talking about foundation blocks. Those are nice, but $$$$$$$.
I am building 8 raised beds total, each is 4'x20' . Ain't no way I am spending money on concrete raosed beds. Pressure treated wooden ones will last me 10-15 years.

 

[GeauxLSU]

I thought you were talking about foundation blocks. Those are nice, but $$$$$$$.
I am building 8 raised beds total, each is 4'x20' . Ain't no way I am spending money on concrete raosed beds. Pressure treated wooden ones will last me 10-15 years.

You've got a commercial farm going on man. I assumed OP wanted one or two beds.

 

[Stampede]

Here are my boxes. They had 9 tomato plants in them last year, that did very well.

 

[hseII]

Anyone here created a raised garden bed? The wife wants one in the backyard, so I figured I would see what others have done. I know I could slap 4 2x10’s together, but I’m sure there are other creative options.

Any lessons learned? I read on one site not to make them wider than 3 feet to reach everything.

The rubber tracks off a CTL or mini ex work beautifully.

There’s about 7 of them used for that purpose around here.


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[hseII]

That wont last long. Even treated ones rot in a few years. They took all of the "good" stuff out of the treatment

That’s the truth: the only thing to get the old creosote poles is typically a Chevrolet.


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