Concrete Block Raised Garden Bed Design

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Concrete block raised garden bed design. Using pots instead of raised beds. It s much easier to move the blocks around or change the design if you need to at this point than it will be later on in the project. This example by family food gardens shows that whether you grow flowering vines or sprawling vegetables this garden teepee trellis creates a living arbor that gives the vines plenty of access to sunshine without shading out the plants in the raised beds below.

Do you want a bed close to the ground. Lay out your concrete block raised bed design the first thing to do is to lay out your design so that you can make sure everything fits into the space you have planned. They also tend to require more watering.

If your backyard has more concrete than soil why not design a garden bed to complement the current architecture. I called these cinder blocks but they are actually concrete blocks. These stunning raised beds seen at the 2004 san diego national convention garden tour are built with a combination of cinder blocks and pressure treated logs.

Just do one layer. Jun 7 2012 explore frugal follies s board concrete block raised bed gardening followed by 4199 people on pinterest. Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.

The disadvantages to raised bed gardens particularly concrete block raised bed gardens are that they require extra labor and cost to construct. This design not only gives you that layer of separation it allows you to create a raised flower garden that will catch your eye as you walk past. The long sides of the garden bed have eight cinder blocks and the ends have three for a total of 22 cinder blocks per raised bed.

Your design can be as simple as creating an a frame by leaning two bamboo poles together tethering them and stretching garden netting across. Fly ash often contains heavy metals like mercury arsenic and lead which can leach into your garden bed and contaminate the soil. However the cinder block form of concrete blocks especially older ones can fall under the do not use category if they contain fly ash mixed in with the concrete.