Question

Has anyone made their own raised beds before?  

Answer 1

I worked in a hotel and they were throwing the large fridge from the bar and i turned it in to a raised bed and after 14 years still does it's job.  

Answer 2

Iv just bought a load of tanalised 6x2 boards to make a raised bed. Its going to be 4mx1m and three boards high

Answer 3

Made them from scaffold boards

Answer 4

We used railway sleepers. Looks great, but can't sit on them due to the oil x

Answer 5

Railway sleepers are a bad idea the oil you talk about also seeps into the soil and isn't goid for the plant

Comments

@heterogamy67 ye would need to use visqueen not black bags

Answer 6

My hubby made these last year

Answer 7

My garden is made from sleepers and the plants are fine

Answer 8

All out of scaffolding planks.  

Answer 9

If you are on a very tight budget you can get hold of some pallets, take them apart and use the wood from them.  

Answer 10

Made these for my veggie plot, now has a mesh tunnel over them as were inundated with cabbage white caterpillars last year

Answer 11

Do you line them with anything?  

Answer 12

These r mine im lucky my hubbies a builder x

Answer 13

Brick build and rendered.  

Answer 14

We just used decking boards

Answer 15

Yeah I put books under the legs but then I couldn't climb in

Answer 16

Yes I made some out of old sleepers Two sleepers high are tall enough and strong enough to sit on or even in

Answer 17

Yep really easy with sleepers and also not to expensive