Raised Garden Beds Using Metal Roofing
Raised garden beds have several advantages over flat gardens.
Raised garden beds using metal roofing. It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long. The 8 sides used full length 2x4s with 3 21 1 4 inch vertical pieces as supports on the sides and the middle. The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project. Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal step 1.
This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric. Instructions for building raised garden beds. I built the side frames for the raised beds first. Raised beds also help reduce weed issues make gardening more accessible for those that have trouble bending over and taking care of their plants and the beds provide and overall pleasing look that can fit most any landscape or design aesthetic depending on which material you use.
This is especially beneficial to people with back problems. There s nothing better than walking outside and picking the sweet fruits and vegetables from your own garden in your own yard. The garden bed kit is a convenient raised garden bed kit on amazon. Cut the sheet metal into 2 high sections.
Making raised beds from galvanized roofing tins. I screwed together four panels into a roughly 2 x 8 assembly using self tapping. We purchased corrugated sheet metal in 2 x 8 sections. In fact you can even put raised beds over unused concrete areas and on rooftops making small or urban sunny spaces potential spots for a garden.
1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections. We show you how to build a raised garden bed with corrugated steel sides. On a flat surface big enough for a 8 x 4 raised bed lay down two 26 x 4 x 4 cedar boards parallel to each other roughly 8 apart photo 1a. The 4 sides only used 2 supports per side which made for a total of 10 vertical support pieces.
The height of a raised bed allows you to tend to plants and harvest vegetables without bending over. Raised garden beds have several advantages over flat gardens. 4 2 x 3 x 8 pieces of wood we used redwood it was not pressure treated wood for the box frame. Making raised beds from galvanized roofing tins.