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Raised bed ?
Anyone have any experience building a raised bed? I've heard they work best for veggie gardens and am thinking of building one. How much did it end up costing? I've also found a website that has fairly inexpensive ones but if its easy enough I'd like to do it myself...TIA
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Re: Raised bed ?
I didn't track how much it cost, but it wasn't cheap. the most expensive part was the soil for inside of it...I used the Square Foot Gardening method. I really recommend that book and they have instructions on how to build your own.
I had a lot of luck last year with it.
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Mine were pretty expensive. I used cedar to make them. Pics in my blog.
I saw some raised bed kits at Sam's for $40. The soil is expensive. I'm getting soil/compost delivered tomorrow and it is going to be $265 for 4 cubic yards.
My husband built mine. We have two 6x8 and then three 3x10 along the fence for potatoes, onions and veggies that grow a)tall (tomatoes) b) spread (squash, cucumbers).
For one 6x8, these are the costs in WA (last weekend):
Lumber-pressure treated plus some corner hinges-$85
Soil- Organic compost 50/50 mix $65 (we picked it up ourselves, not delivered). When we didn't have a truck the first year, we bought all the soil and compost in bags at Home Depot and it was close to $150.
Then you need seeds $1-3 per baggie, or you can participate in seed exchange, and also seed starting kits ($10).
You can find all kinds of stuff on freecycle. I got some free tomato cages, stakes, rain barrel and compost bin.
HTH!
It was free! We had jackhammered out an old patio, so we stacked the cement chunks to form a raised bed (I think there's pics in my house bio). If you build one use something less prone to decay like redwood, but not pressure treated because it has chemicals.
Railroad ties would work as an inexpensive option for flowers, but I probably wouldn't want to plant food in them. I've also heard of people even using old tires (but again they can be toxic for vegi's).