Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Raised Garden:
I built this raised garden along the East side of my deck in the back yard, along with the help of my hubs and God. Here is what I used:

4 x 6 x 12 pressure treated wood from Home Depot
2 x 6 x 12 pressure treated lumber from Home Depot
Drill
Hamer
17 foot long nails
Screws
1/2" thick rebar

First we drilled holes through the 6" deep wood. Then we drove the rebar down through those holes into the ground to hold the 4x6s in place.




Then we used screws on the inside corners to hold the two pieces together. Next we layered the next level of wood on top and drilled holes to make the nails go in a little easier. After the holes were drilled, we drove the nails through, securing the second level to the bottom level, which is secured to the ground with rebar.




Then we did the same steps to add the third level. We will add the 2x6s on after I get my uncle to help me cut the edges at an angle to fit together and router the edge to be rounded. Ill post pictures again at that time. It will make for nice seating in the back yard as well as a nice seat while I weed the garden. :)

We will also stain it the same color as the deck when we redo the deck stain next summer or later this fall.



Job well done hubbie!
But lets save a little bit of the beer for this slug/snail trap k? haha!

Here is a drawing and cut list if anyone is interested, although your measurements and size of garden may be different that what we have done here.





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