Building Raised Bed Frames for Square Foot Gardens
We bought untreated wood and spent a Saturday afternoon assembling raised bed frames for square foot garden beds. We made 2 4×4 beds and 4 2×4 beds. Free Music from: Music4YourVids.co.uk
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@jhi1947 I guess we could have used cedar… but the money was WAY more.
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Why not use cedar?
jhi1947
January 12, 2012 at 4:16 pm
@GettingThereGreen
That makes good sense. I am really enjoying the wisdom shared by so many people.
QuickGardens
January 12, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@TheSbVegan We had to add some humor!!! 🙂
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 5:06 pm
@QuickGardens We wanted to make sure impurities (if any) in the soil were kept well out of our beds… so that is another reason to use the weed barrier.
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 6:02 pm
SLAP! haha, Thanks so much for sharing! Tap! hahah You guys are so great!
TheSbVegan
January 12, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I love the feel of wood. I found i do not need the weed barrier. The grass will not grow once its covered. It decomposes which is good for the soil. Great looking boxes.
QuickGardens
January 12, 2012 at 6:51 pm
SLAP!
TGHI
January 12, 2012 at 7:47 pm
LOL SLAP! you keep slaping your wood! And you do notice the annotations!
jihadacadien
January 12, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Thanks for all the great comments guys! By all means we’d love to see and hear more stories about how your raised bed project went.
Tell your friends about our videos and pass on the love!!! 😉
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Did you video that? Love to see your rendition of it! -Randy
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 9:37 pm
good job guys! i think i’ll try this, this summer!
themises
January 12, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Thanks Rick, the music really worked for our video… will use your music again… and again… and again! Awesome!
GettingThereGreen
January 12, 2012 at 10:41 pm
@GettingThereGreen Yeah I try to use that too here. But I add a 4th 3rd of my own dirt 😉
jihadacadien
January 12, 2012 at 10:49 pm
we have been doing this for the last 1000 years here in Russ
wildnutria
January 12, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Great job guys – looking great!
SFG is great – that Mel’s mix appears to be superb stuff and you can use it for years (apparently! – I’m using it for the first time this year.)
Music fits well :o)
Cheers
Rick
rickvanman
January 13, 2012 at 12:01 am
awesome vid!! i cant wait till i start my own garden this year!!
frenchys69
January 13, 2012 at 12:40 am
As for soil we are taking our current soil from our old garden in the back yard, some compost (which if you watch carefully you can see in the corner of the back yard) and vermiculite 1/3rd, 1/3rd, 1/3rd is supposed to be the correct mix. – Randy
GettingThereGreen
January 13, 2012 at 1:38 am
@GettingThereGreen yeah….it would’ve cost me over 200$ for sure. like 500$ for the size garden I have 😉
jihadacadien
January 13, 2012 at 2:35 am
@GettingThereGreen LOL Well I guess they’d fit in mine. But I’m sure I can find some localy, just have to look. I have one already so I can collect some water. but I’d like more for the august drought.
jihadacadien
January 13, 2012 at 2:37 am
Lumber, screws, “L” brackets and weed barrier all cost a total of $160.00 (tax in).
GettingThereGreen
January 13, 2012 at 3:13 am
We put ours in our little 2005 Ford Focus hatch back. 1 at a time though. But we just had to make two trips. No biggie. -Randy
GettingThereGreen
January 13, 2012 at 3:39 am
@GettingThereGreen Thanks….I’ve tried freecycle here, but no chance so far. And with kijiji I’d need a trailer cuz as much stuff I can fit in my hatch back….those won’t fit lol. I’ll find out who uses them eventually!
jihadacadien
January 13, 2012 at 4:32 am
Oh and the boxes look great! I’d love to buid some but lumber is so expensive here. Maybe I could use some tree trunks when I get a trailer 😉 What soil are you gonna put in there?
jihadacadien
January 13, 2012 at 5:16 am
we do have some tips actually… we were doing a video on the rain barrels but somehow deleted most of the video stuff. so we have to redo it. That video will probably come soon. we bought those two off kijiji (like craigs list). but i’ve heard that freecycle can be good for picking them up. Also places that use them will sometimes sell them for $10 or $20 a piece. video to come. ~Amanda
GettingThereGreen
January 13, 2012 at 6:02 am