How To Build A Garden Box

We put together a complete how to guide for building your own garden boxes from buying the wood to filling them with soil.

How to build a garden box. They look neat and tidy drain well and make it easy to tend your plants. How to build raised garden boxes step 1 determine the size length width height you want your raised garden boxes to be. To make a garden box you will first have to clear the area that you plan to put the box then assemble the box and finally add soil to plant your vegetables in. We went with 3ft x 5ft for ours mostly because i thought the shape and size would look best in our backyard.

You can actually build any size you want by just changing out the measurements. You can build the frame with wood and pvc pipes as well as add a garden trellis next to the bed for vines and tall plants. If you are new to building garden beds or growing plants they walk you through each necessary step. This list will make a 4ft x 4ft box a 2ft x 6ft box or a 3ft x 5ft box.

Good to know if you want to get an early start on gardening or keep things growing later in the season cover the mesh frame with plastic to protect the plants from cooler temperatures. In this video i go over how i made this garden box in just a few hours. Vegetable garden boxes also known as raised garden beds are a great feature to install in your garden. As i planned out our raised garden boxes i decided i d better go big or go home so i went with 2 16 3 foot garden boxes along with 1 10 3 garden box.

Build this raised garden bed 22. This really is all preference. For our garden space we drew up our plans in excel so we could easily take measurements and calculate. Including how i used this very same garden box in a gorgeously modern way.

6 2x4x8 wood treated 1 4x4x12 wood 2 10 ft x 26 in 33g corrugated steel roofing panels. Repeat how to build a garden box. This is great for all ages. Build your own garden box guide.

Take the remaining 4 foot pieces and repeat the same steps as above to create the 4 foot by four foot garden box you see in our pictures. The design of this garden bed is a basic one but they also show you how to add a protective cover for frost or birds which is always handy to help give your crop a fighting chance. How to build a modern diy garden box supply list. X4 5 4 6 8ft long cedar decking lumber for walls of box x2 5 4 6 10ft long cedar decking lumber for top lip of box.

Building a raised garden box to grow food for your family is a fun project and a healthy way to provide produce. This raised garden bed project was inexpensive fun and easy to make. The kids can learn how food is grown starting with seeds. Repeat the process for the second 6 foot by 3 foot box.

Get started after the jump. The first step in building anything is to draw up thorough plans. It will save you money time and involves lesser effort than digging an in ground garden plot.