Raised garden beds have several advantages over flat gardens.
Raised garden beds using metal roofing.
Making raised beds from galvanized roofing tins.
Instructions for building raised garden beds.
The 4 sides only used 2 supports per side which made for a total of 10 vertical support pieces.
Making raised beds from galvanized roofing tins.
I screwed together four panels into a roughly 2 x 8 assembly using self tapping.
1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections.
Raised beds also help reduce weed issues make gardening more accessible for those that have trouble bending over and taking care of their plants and the beds provide and overall pleasing look that can fit most any landscape or design aesthetic depending on which material you use.
Cut the sheet metal into 2 high sections.
There s nothing better than walking outside and picking the sweet fruits and vegetables from your own garden in your own yard.
4 2 x 3 x 8 pieces of wood we used redwood it was not pressure treated wood for the box frame.
The height of a raised bed allows you to tend to plants and harvest vegetables without bending over.
This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric.
With this corrugated metal raised garden bed you get the best of both worlds the wonderful garden function and a beautiful addition to your yard.
We purchased corrugated sheet metal in 2 x 8 sections.
The height of a raised bed allows you to tend to plants and harvest vegetables.
The garden bed kit is a convenient raised garden bed kit on amazon.
The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project.
It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long.
On a flat surface big enough for a 8 x 4 raised bed lay down two 26 x 4 x 4 cedar boards parallel to each other roughly 8 apart photo 1a.
Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal step 1.
This is especially beneficial to people with back problems.
Few weeds will grow in a raised bed because of.
I built the side frames for the raised beds first.
Raised garden beds have several advantages over flat gardens.