We show you how to build a raised garden bed with corrugated steel sides.
Raised beds using metal roofing.
The rigid sturdy material will provide a good base for a cold frame over plants you re overwintering.
I built the side frames for the raised beds first.
Recycling is great for the environment and in some cases can be great for your raised bed as well but certain recycled materials should be avoided when building your raised bed.
Railroad ties are found throughout the united states as garden beds stairs and other landscape features.
Materials to avoid using in raised beds.
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We wanted a raised bed vegetable garden in the area where we used to have a lawn after looking at various designs made from wood we decided to try using metal.
The garden bed kit is a convenient raised garden bed kit on amazon.
1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections.
Photograph by shayna orrino next cut the strips to the proper length.
In mild climates a metal raised garden bed can help you to maintain a more consistent soil temperature year round provide good drainage of excess water and more.
The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project.
Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal.
While these raised beds are metal they are reflective metal which means they don t absorb nearly as much heat as you might imagine in fact during our hot and humid summers here in zone 6b the soil in these beds is often cooler than soil in other containers around our property.
We live in california where there s a drought.
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This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric.
Raised garden beds can be expensive john is finishing the edging on this one and explains how to build them in a very affordable way.
Using a grinder or circular saw with a metal cutting blade cut the metal strip along the marked line.
The advantages are it s less expensive.
It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long.