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Raised garden bed designs cinder block. Jun 7 2012 explore frugal follies s board concrete block raised bed gardening followed by 4207 people on pinterest. Well have you ever considered using cinderblocks as accent pieces in your garden. You can create walls planting pots and other highlights in your garden by reinventing the usefulness of a cinder block. When making a raised bed instead of going in ground you can place it where the sun or shade is the best for the plants you want to cultivate.

You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support. You can also prevent tunneling pests from decimating your plants. These stunning raised beds seen at the 2004 san diego national convention garden tour are built with a combination of cinder blocks and pressure treated logs. The long sides of the garden bed have eight cinder blocks and the ends have three for a total of 22 cinder blocks per raised bed.

I called these cinder blocks but they are actually concrete blocks. Concrete blocks pressure treated landscape timbers composite lumber stone and naturally rot resistant lumber such as redwood or cedar are all. Plants can be healthier and more productive in a raised bed because you can control the quality of the soil and water drainage. Feb 25 2019 explore jennifer ingram s board cinder block garden followed by 160 people on pinterest.

We plan to eventually add a second row of cinder blocks to match the center raised garden bed. In this article we will explore 15 different ways that you can use a cinderblock. A raised bed garden should be 3 to 4 feet wide so you can access it from both sides without stepping in the bed.