Making A Raised Garden Bed With Concrete Blocks

Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.

Making a raised garden bed with concrete blocks.

This raised garden looks like it is positioned along the side a building. The size is up to you. In this post i will show you exactly how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks step by step. Especially after you ve added soil and plants.

There s no tilling required less compaction from stepping on the soil. You can build your own soil. They re easier to weed less bending over. The bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks.

The best part is that you can build your raised bed right over the top of the grass. You might be wondering about the blocks since chances are most raised beds you ve seen were made of wood. How to build a raised bed garden concrete block thralls edmund l extension faculty urban horticulture. Concrete blocks often called cinder blocks are a common material used to create a raised bed system.

64 standard 8 x 8 x 16 inch concrete blocks or cinder blocks. 64 reinforcing steel bars rebar. 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. They re easier to work again less bending over.

You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support. Go for two or three layers. In most of his cinder block beds he plants a variety of vegetables in the center and onions in the perimeter holes. A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow.

Do you want a bed close to the ground. Want your plants higher and easier to reach. Gloves to protect your hands. Small sledge hammer to drive rebar into place.

The advantages to raised bed gardening are many. Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. These instructions describe building a 4 foot by 6 foot by 10 1 2 inch bed with 2 x 4 untreated lumber. 12 raised garden beds made with cinder blocks.

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. But now that we moved i have a big empty yard that gets lots of sun. 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. How to make a cinder block garden.

He grows enough food to donate a huge amount to his local food bank. These beds were built by jon hughes on gardenweb. The ground outside of the raised garden is covered in small pebbles and the grass is perfectly trimmed. Just do one layer.

The center one is two blocks high which makes it stand out as the central area of the garden.