HOw To RAISED BEDS WEEKEND PROGRESS


These corners are SO awesome, I can't sing their praises enough.  Now whether they will hold up for years, of course, remains to be seen.  But for now, they were a lifesaver.  I would put three pieces down (U-shape) and screw them together with two brackets and then...


...flip them up on one end, and lay the fourth and final board across the two side pieces and slip the brackets on.  Then I just screwed them in place and it was done.  I could move them like large square wheels and get them to where they needed to be.



While the corner brackets are awesome...the screws they come with don't look very substantial.  So I splurged and bought these "Deck Mate" screws.  They are guaranteed for life against rust and that's important to hold the beds together. 


The hardest part was getting them into the correct position and distance apart, because I couldn't just slide them into place once they were down for fear of pulling up the weed block fabric.  So after some maneuvering and measuring, I finally got them positioned where they needed to be.
Raised bed garden
And here is the view of it all from the front garden gate.  There will be one more row of four beds behind the ones I did this weekend (hopefully, weather permitting, this coming weekend).  The large open space near the front, I already have some ideas for, special planters, etc, and future expansion

One step closer!


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