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Four large treated Pine raised garden beds for growing vegetables with trellis archways for climbing plants.
The project
I’ve been planting vegetables in our backyard for five years, and I now want to upgrade my veggie patch to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing. This is how I ripped up my old one and built a nice, clean new veggie patch, making growing vegetables much more enjoyable.
This project was completed at the end of September. Luckily, we didn’t miss the best season for planting. After two months, our veggie patch has thrived! How beautiful is it?
I want to share my project ideas and hopefully inspire everyone to improve their own sustainable lives.
Steps
Step 1
Building the planter boxes and posts. There are four planter boxes and two arches in between. The dimensions of a box are 190 x 150 x 60cm.
We use treated Pine sleepers to build the raised garden bed. We tried to build a box as big as possible. As we measured, 1.5m is the maximum length so that we can still reach the centre of the planter box. And the height is good for our knees.
For the posts, 50cm post holes should be dug to concrete in the steel post footings.
Step 2
Trellis for climbing vegetables. For the trellises on the sides of the central archway, horizontal cross beams are added to secure mouldings to; between each pair of semi-circular mouldings, a trellis can then be secured. For the trellises in the back, horizontal and vertical beams are added to complete the frames.
Step 3
The garden arch. Four curved arch pieces are carved from wide pieces of timber to achieve the desired curvature and shape. Then connecting each pair of arches are six identical beams with angled ends.
Step 4
Planter box liner. To prevent the potential chemicals leaking from the treated pine and paint, we use plastic film to line the whole inner surfaces of planter boxes. It is also slows the corrosion of the wood from the soil.
Step 5
Filling with garden soil and seedlings. As the paint expert of Bunnings advised, we need to wait at least six weeks before painting the treated Pine to allow the timber to dry. However, the seedlings can’t miss the best time to be planted. So we filled the planted box with garden soil and started planting before painting.
Step 6
Paint the surface. After six weeks, we sanded and painted all the timber.
Step 7
After 3 months...
Tools and materials
Materials used in the project:
- Treated Pine sleeper 20 x 5 x 300cm (x4)
- Treated Pine sleeper 15 x 5 x 300cm (x4)
- Treated Pine post 9 x 9 x 270cm (x8)
- Treated Pine structural 7 x 4.5 x 240cm (x10)
- Treated Pine structural 29 x 4.5 x 480cm (x2)
- Treated Pine structural 7 x 4.5 x 360cm (x10)
- White moulding Pine FJ primed quad 1.8 x 1.8 x 540cm (x10)
- Baluster handrail pink Pine
- Charcoal plastic reeded diamond lattice
- Heavy duty bitumen waterproofing membrane
- Multi-use plastic film
- White exterior paint
- Outdoor timber screws
- Cement
- Sand.
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How to build a raised garden bed
Raised garden beds give you more convenient and comfortable access to your plants and more control over their growing conditions. Building a raised garden bed can be surprisingly easy. Just follow our step-by-step guide How to build a simple raised garden bed by experienced member Adam.
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