Free chapter from Homestead Builds
The side boards go on the inside of the posts, so the weight of the soil pushes against the frame instead of the screws. Complete cut list and drawings. Free.
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The complete raised bed build, printable, with the cut list and drawings.
Rebekah's dad designed it so the side boards sit inside the frame, giving the beds lasting strength to hold the weight of the soil.
A good size for square foot gardening, and you can reach the middle from either side.
Fill the bottom up to the first board with wood, ideally rotting logs, and it breaks down into soil over time. Filling the rest takes 41.3 cubic feet, or 1.53 cubic yards.
The chicken tractor is sized to sit right on top, so a few hens can clear and till a finished bed.
Who is handing you these plans
I am Justin Rhodes. We raise our food on our farm in western North Carolina. Our house sits at the bottom of Burl Holler, and one year we got 19 inches of rain in a single week. I was out in the front yard with a shovel digging trenches to save Rebekah's tomatoes. She had been asking for raised beds for years and I kept saying they were too much of an investment. That flood settled it. We built seven cedar beds on this design, and raised bed gardening is now my favorite, by far.
Homestead Builds is the book this chapter came out of. Twelve essential structures for an abundant homestead, written with Chris Slattery. Practical designs with no fluff, the most affordable option for each structure, and a video class on how to actually use the plans.
Digital plans download immediately at $39. The open-flat physical book is $79.
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Before you ask
The complete raised bed chapter as a printable PDF, 35 pages.
A 4 by 8 foot growing area.
Cedar is recommended. Pine works if you add a wood finish.
About 1.53 cubic yards per bed if you fill the bottom with wood first.
At least 3 feet between beds so a wheelbarrow fits.
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