Garden Bed Boxes

Project:
(4) Garden Bed Boxes (14'L x 4'W x 11"D)

Total time it took for me to build:
Less than 1 day

Wood is delivered to house from lumber yard.
Consist of 2x4x14, 2x6x14, 2x6x16


Most of the cutting were done in the garage. The red box contained a 5 shelf/workbench that I used with my miter saw.


All lumber pieces are transported into the garage.


Here is a picture of my work in progress (all of the required 2x4s are cut) - The wood on the right are used for building the box, left side are scraps.


First box being built (prototype).


The box is raised due to the corner legs sticking out 5", they will be planted into the ground, and the sides of the box will be touching the ground. Right now, the box is still not finished yet, and for this prototype, one of the cross-braces was not spaced correctly (does not affect integrity of the box).


Here are three more boxes being built...


Cross-braces are placed and fastened in each of the three boxes (4 cross-braces per box).


Now for the final product...the top of the box has a mitered 2x6 ledge for aesthetics as well as a place to sit while gardening.


-----Day 2-----

(3) Truckloads of loam and mulch being delivered and dumped onto driveway.

Loam is used for the garden bed boxes.

Mulch is for the black area on the right next to fence.


First load of loam being dumped.


Final results: 7 cubic yards of loam

And the third load - 3 cubic yards of mulch

Here are the garden bed boxes being placed into the ground...

The area is roughly 24' by 17' - boxes are spaced 2.5~ft apart for walkway.

Back to the mulch, loaded onto a dump cart (max 600lbs capacity).

Moved and used 4-5 carts full of mulch to fill up the side of the house.


Three garden boxes in the ground, one left to go.

All boxes are lined with landscaping fabric. One is shown lined.