We wanted a raised bed vegetable garden in the area where we used to have a lawn after looking at various designs made from wood we decided to try using metal.
Raised beds using metal roofing.
I built the side frames for the raised beds first.
Materials to avoid using in raised beds.
This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric.
In our case this means two 4 foot lengths for the ends of the planter and two 8 foot lengths for the long sides.
Photograph by shayna orrino next cut the strips to the proper length.
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The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project.
The advantages are it s less expensive.
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.
The garden bed kit is a convenient raised garden bed kit on amazon.
1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections.
And when using soaker hoses these beds can maintain moisture extremely well.
We live in california where there s a drought.
It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long.
We show you how to build a raised garden bed with corrugated steel sides.
Railroad ties are found throughout the united states as garden beds stairs and other landscape features.
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.
Using a grinder or circular saw with a metal cutting blade cut the metal strip along the marked line.
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Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal.
While these raised beds are metal they are reflective metal which means they don t absorb nearly as much heat as you might imagine in fact during our hot and humid summers here in zone 6b the soil in these beds is often cooler than soil in other containers around our property.