Building Raised Garden Beds On A Slope

I did 2 boards high to accommodate the cross slope.
Building raised garden beds on a slope. Terracing a slope can help with drainage problems but it can also add functional gardening space. Raised beds for a sloping vegetable garden building a terraced vegetable garden is basically making raised beds on a slope and it s important to start at the bottom and work your way up. This design is perfect for sloped yards and flat ground. The project is simplified by building the bed in place requiring no measuring of the slope grade and can be built working alone you don t need someone on the other end to hold boards or move the finished bed in place.
If you want to make raised beds similar to these you can pick a flat site and get away with doing them one board high instead of 2. My veggies are grown in a long raised bed and this year i m trying more in containers. Great idea to build a couple of raised beds on a slope that would be hard to utilize otherwise. If you have a flat yard i would suggest framing out a 4 6 bed with 2 10 or 2 12 and calling it a day.
We ll show you how to install a series of garden beds out. Reply luisa 31 may 2013 at 2 33 am. Plot your raised garden beds figuring each one to be 4 feet from front to back. Some sites may need only a low stone wall to transform them into good gardening space while others will require compact beds stacked up like boxes.
Learn how to make raised garden beds out of 2x6 boards without spending a fortune. Measure your slope and draw it to scale on graph paper. Below is my current favorite system for building a raised garden bed with tapered sides.