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Making a raised garden bed with stones.
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Start the second course by laying the first block on top of the second course ensuring that the joint or seam isn t lined up with the joint of the previous course.
Choose a site for the bed that s level and free of debris.
Using standard tools and a diamond grit circular saw blade you can build this project in two weekends.
Most commonly you can do this with some type of enclosure or frame made of wood stone or even bales of hay or repurposed material like old dressers.
Mark the corners of the garden bed with stones or sticks.
Use wall block to create a raised planting bed.
Dig a trench on the borderline of the garden bed.
The bottoms of the beds are lined with gopher wire a heavy duty fencing to keep those furry pests from making themselves at home.
Then use a tiller to turn and loosen the soil.
You can use discarded materials to make a low cost raised garden bed.
By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine.
Even though you re building a raised bed the roots of any larger plants will go down into the soil below.
The trench should be 4 to 6 inches deep and wide enough to lay the first layer of stone into.
Stone raised garden bed layout.
There are eight raised beds here all 2 feet tall and 6 feet wide which makes it easy to reach into for work but in varying lengths from 12 to 25 feet long.
Place a layer of the largest stones along the bottom of the trench allowing the stones to touch as much as possible.
Raised bed gardening means growing plants in soil that is higher than the ground.
Spread the sheets of newspaper over top of the area where the raised garden bed will be.