When we moved to our new house two years ago I was so excited to have enough space to be able to plant a garden. I knew that I wanted a raised bed garden for couple reasons: limit the amount of weeds, the garden doesn’t grow into yard space, and the dog can’t get to the plants to pee on.
To make the raised bed
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Your raised beds are so much more sturdier and deeper than that flimsy one I bought at the home store. It’s also in the side yard. I’m going to show my son-in-law this post and see if he’ll make me a couple. My husband is not in to that sort of thing at all. 🙂
I hope you can convince your son-in-law to build you some! They are really easy and you could make it any size that you want. My parents have a couple 4 ft by 4 ft raised beds that work perfectly in their space.
We do raised beds too!!! We love them and they are so easy to manage! Thanks for your tips and share!
Thanks Erin! I hope you have a wonderful garden this year!
We had one of these at our old townhouse, and I LOVED it. Sadly, it was one of the things that stayed when we moved. Now, we’ve got a bigger garden, but I’m going to have to get down in the dirt to pick everything!
Yay for bigger gardens! I hope you have a successful garden this year!
This is so inspiring! I really want to create/grow a garden and I love your tutorial! Off to show my hubs!!!
I hope you are able to convince your husband to build you a raised bed! Thanks Michelle.
This is TOO cool. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at growing my own herbs and produce forever!
I hope you are able to have a garden. It is so nice to be able to use fresh!
Looks great! We have a BUNCH of raised beds out in my Potager – Kitchen Garden. We’ve switched to hydroponics now, but we still use the raised beds for bushes and plants. Love them!
My dad used hydroponics and I am always impressed with how quickly his produce grows.
I just did my first raised garden this year and I love it. I was wondering what kind of timer are you using??
We actually use a battery operated timer that we picked up at Walmart. The timer is programmable and you can determine how long and how often it runs. There is also an override if you would like to turn the water on immediately or if it rains. The timer has lasted several years and we do not have to replace the battery often. This is the exact one we use from amazon: http://amzn.to/1DHsXaF
I love these raised beds! Did you use treated or untreated wood? If untreated, how has it held up? So many questions;0)
We used treated wood since untreated would eventually rot. The treated wood has held up well. I have been considering staining the beds since they are starting to look weathered.
Luckily you have a built in handyman! If you live in an area like I do now it is almost impossible to grow anything in the ground due to the poor soil quality – raised beds are a must. Great DIY.
That’s so true Krayl! We have very clay ground, so I probably wouldn’t be able to have a garden without the raised bed.
What a great idea! My garden was filled with weeds last year, and by reading your post I’m sure I won’t have that problem again. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 #homemattersparty
I hope you have a successful garden this year!
How beautiful! I wish I could have a garden but our apartment doesn’t lend itself to that. We don’t even have a patio/balcony. I’ve started to look into container gardening though, I may have room for that.
I think a container gardening would be great if you can make it work. It’s so nice to have fresh produce.
This is a project that I’ve wanted to do the past couple years and it just never gets done. I hope it works well for you……if your husband isn’t busy does he want to build a few more 😉 ?
Thanks Jamie! It really wasn’t too hard to do! I hope you are able to get one built 🙂
We just build a couple of these ourselves and I’m so excited to start planting in them!
Awesome Rebekah! We added a bunch a plants and seeds to ours and I cannot wait for the fruit and vegetables to start being picked!
Nice raised beds…. we also use them and love them… they are such a help. 🙂
Awesome! It is so nice to have fresh produce!
I’ve been wanting to plant a garden for a while now, this looks like a great idea! Thanks for sharing at On Display Thursday, I am pinning this!
Thank you Leia! I love my raised beds!
These are great! I love gardening but have never had raised beds! Thanks for sharing at Your Turn To Shine! 🙂
Thank you Kendra!
This is a great idea. We’ve been talking about doing a garden someday so I’m saving this for when we’re ready 🙂
Thank you Julie! I hope you get a garden soon!
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Thanks so much Kimberly!
Hello!! Just wanted to let you know I will be using this in a round up (posting soon) from the Teach Me Tuesday party! Very much appreciate you linking up with us 😉
Thank you so much Bobbi!
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing, I could use this!!
Thank you Cheryl!
I am going to show my husband this post. This would be so great to have right out my back door.
I hope he builds you a raised bed!
We built raised gardens last spring for our garden. We had great produce that grew and not very many weeds. Great idea!
Awesome Charlene!
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Thank you so much Lisa!