We show you how to build a raised garden bed with corrugated steel sides.
Raised beds using metal roofing.
Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal.
The garden bed kit is a convenient raised garden bed kit on amazon.
The rigid sturdy material will provide a good base for a cold frame over plants you re overwintering.
Railroad ties are found throughout the united states as garden beds stairs and other landscape features.
In mild climates a metal raised garden bed can help you to maintain a more consistent soil temperature year round provide good drainage of excess water and more.
The total material cost for this raised bed is around 100 but you could greatly diminish that if you could find old metal roofing from a barn or a shed.
1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections.
Using a grinder or circular saw with a metal cutting blade cut the metal strip along the marked line.
We live in california where there s a drought.
The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project.
Photograph by shayna orrino next cut the strips to the proper length.
In our case this means two 4 foot lengths for the ends of the planter and two 8 foot lengths for the long sides.
It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long.
This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric.
Raised garden beds can be expensive john is finishing the edging on this one and explains how to build them in a very affordable way.
The advantages are it s less expensive.
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Materials to avoid using in raised beds.
Recycling is great for the environment and in some cases can be great for your raised bed as well but certain recycled materials should be avoided when building your raised bed.
I built the side frames for the raised beds first.
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