Cement Block Raised Garden Bed

These beds were built by jon hughes on gardenweb.

Cement block raised garden bed.

In this post i will show you exactly how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks step by step. You can create walls planting pots and other highlights in your garden by reinventing the usefulness of a cinder block. You can build your own soil. After doing some research farfaglia s short answer was.

12 raised garden beds made with cinder blocks. Cinder blocks are a common item that you see but they often do not have much use other than creating a wall. 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. D tan gray concrete raised garden bed planter box stones 4 pack 63 model 19851.

You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support. Concrete blocks pressure treated landscape timbers composite lumber stone and naturally rot resistant lumber such as redwood or cedar are all. I called these cinder blocks but they are actually concrete blocks. Like rock brick garden beds will stand for many generations of gardens once built.

A concrete block raised bed is cheap and easy to build and a great way to quickly add diy raised garden beds to your yard. I have seen warnings on the internet that cinder blocks or concrete blocks used in a garden might leach harmful chemicals into the soil and ultimately into your food plants. A raised bed garden should be 3 to 4 feet wide so you can access it from both sides without stepping in the bed. 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.

Landecor ledge stone 24 in. They re easier to work again less bending over. H x 2 in. The advantages to raised bed gardening are many.

The best part is that you can build your raised bed right over the top of the grass. Cinder blocks in raised vegetable bed. Raised garden beds flower garden brick vegetable fences. There s no tilling required less compaction from stepping on the soil.

In most of his cinder block beds he plants a variety of vegetables in the center and onions in the perimeter holes. I doubt whether there is any issue to worry about. A cheaper alternative is cement block which has also grown in popularity thanks to youtube. W x 8 in.

Build a concrete block raised bed garden. We plan to eventually add a second row of cinder blocks to match the center raised garden bed. They re easier to weed less bending over. He grows enough food to donate a huge amount to his local food bank.