Cinder Block Garden Bed
In most of his cinder block beds he plants a variety of vegetables in the center and onions in the perimeter holes.
Cinder block garden bed. Are you planning on making a raised bed. These beds were built by jon hughes on gardenweb. Learn how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks aka cinder blocks with this super simple concrete block raised bed design and easy to follow step by step instructions for making your own diy raised garden beds.
Here is the step by step process for building a raised garden bed out of cinder blocks so you can start planting. Building a concrete block raised bed is easy and inexpensive. He grows enough food to donate a huge amount to his local food bank.
Image by gardening know how via nikki tilley. Once i was comfortable with using cinder blocks i built upgraded concrete and lumber beds using planter wall blocks. We plan to eventually add a second row of cinder blocks to match the center raised garden bed.
Concrete blocks pressure treated landscape timbers composite lumber stone and naturally rot resistant lumber such as redwood or cedar are all. To build my first basic bed i visited a local home and garden recycling wholesale center for blocks and paid around 0 25 each. The cinder blocks are placed in a double layer that is pretty straight but you can see a thick layer of mortar between each block.
You can mound 6 inches of soil without a frame but a deeper bed needs more support. 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. Liz baessler printer friendly version.
A vertical garden can be built using cinder blocks and a creative mind. There are a lot of options when it comes to the material used to build a raised bed border. A raised bed garden should be 3 to 4 feet wide so you can access it from both sides without stepping in the bed.