Making A Raised Garden Bed With Concrete Blocks
My raised beds are made out of wood (here’s my post on how to build a raised bed with wood), but i thought some of you might like a tutorial on how to make a raised bed out of concrete blocks.this tutorial is from retro ranch revival and is part of my.
Making a raised garden bed with concrete blocks. The roots (and general plant health) are restricted to what space you provide it. Vacant lots, behind barns, and wherever else. Building a diy raised flower bed.
You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame, but a deeper bed needs more support. To build my first basic bed, i visited a local home and garden recycling/wholesale center for blocks, and paid around $0.25 each. I’ve been working in my vegetable garden getting my raised beds ready for planting.
Do you want a bed close to the ground? Use concrete blocks to build a raised bed and fill it with good garden soil. However, the cinder block form of concrete blocks, especially older ones, can fall under the do not use category if they contain fly ash mixed in with the concrete.
I called these ‘cinder blocks’ but they are actually concrete blocks. Cut the tapered pieces to fill in the sides to ground level. Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.
See more ideas about cinder block garden, outdoor gardens, raised garden beds. Build a 4' x 4' concrete block raised bed. Or reuse them in another project in your garden.
In contrast, putting a raised garden bed on concrete is essentially like creating a large pot or container. Concrete blocks are easy to salvage from random places: How to make a cinder block garden.