How to Build a Raised Garden Bed | DIY Garden Tutorial

Looking to elevate your garden but save money? This video is for you! Today I'm showing you how to build a raised garden bed/planter box yourself using Tongue and Groove Cedar. You can use boxes like this for vegetables, herbs, flowers or as a natural back & front yard privacy wall! Let's get building!
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Dad quote of the day “Projects should be designed to be finished. End of discussion.”

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I appreciate that!

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You sold the farm house

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This is so easily explained.

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My boyfriend said the same thing, and this is leaving me feeling like I watched a different video than you guys. Yes, things were explained, but I still don't have any idea how to start lol. The most I got out of this was lining it with typar (which I have on hand) and to put a board across the middle to prevent swelling...

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I’ve only started watching your videos for the past view months and I’ve learned so much. I realized I don’t always have to screw screws in perpendicular to the wood and can go at an angle to catch the wood. Who knew. Thank you so much, you are a great teacher.

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[@chesiedengun]

Wow, I love this 💕💕

[@lisaalbarras3029]

I did something similar with old fridges faced with pallet fence and filled with rotted wood and soil to plant it. It grows loads of food and I hardly have to water because it holds so much water. But yours is nice to.

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Cheers Lisa!

[@karankaushal2534]

You are great teacher Jeff. I love your videos, and I have planned to do some work in my back yard. Thank you.

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Cheers Karan!

[@kurtc6372]

You’d be surprised how many people when at the lumber store don’t think about buying material that is the best price for the job. Buying 10’ boards instead of 8’ and 4’ boards or all 8’ and having to do a lot of cutting saves time and money. Sometimes it may work the other way around, it might be cheaper to do a lot of cutting and buy a bunch of odd sized boards. You just have to weigh out labor/ware and tear on tools to material costs. I’ve saved a lot of money and job bids over the years buy taking my time at the lumber store and deciding the best option. Like your show, been away for a while, doing a large garden this year. Fun watch.

[@billythekid8798]

Nice tip on not splitting the boards. Wish i new that before xD

[@Schranzoslavek]

Love your "drill-that-screw-in-reverse" technique, gotta try it the next time i'm building something. Also, great video!

[@ItsGoblinHour]

great stuff jeff!

[@actionjack0013]

This looks really clean. You could also use rod iron covers to mask you ends. Look great and gives strenth to the box. Not a dig at the craftsmen just an option for the project. Much love.

[@sglore916]

Great video! Thank you so much

[@2005jungsuman]

I think this is the video I was looking for , to inspire myself to build My raised garden bed. Helpful

[@eternalfizzer]

Love your "pre-drill" method for preventing splits. Great tip!

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Cheers!

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Love this planter!!!

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X2 never even heard that before. Will be doing that from now on.

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A great educator.

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I love working with cedar…….good job

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Great job as in every video 😊

[@ratj4715]

Good idea I always thought about using evergreen for this purpose but this would almost be almost overnight. Or spend big money on full side evergreen but this seems like the way to go.

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You are fantastic... what a nice job !!!

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Cheers!

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Nice work in total.

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Great video, I like it!

[@ihatemundays2]

I think Jeff read my mind! I have some extra fence material. Going to use it to build a planter box. Not as pretty as clean, cedar boards, but it'll do the job!

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Thanks Jeff. I like it.

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Cheers Sean!

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Nice tip of reverse drilling for the pilot holes

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Nice tip on reversing first!

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Cheers!

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The before and after shots are like night and day! The yard looks awesome! I know your guests will appreciate the work you put into it. Also, is it me or is the number 8 at the end there upside down? 🙃

[@SharpStudios0]

planter boxes are so sleek and nice, would be nice to add some white rope lighting or something along the bottoms of the overhang where you were sitting.

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Hello Jeff and cheers!

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Hi Al!

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Nice

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Only for a few more weeks and then we are selling this house. Cheers!

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[@MariuszChr]

Your outdoor remodel looks very nice. I think everybody can do this, but the challenge is to plan it thru so it is pretty at the end...

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Very nice

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Sometimes I just watch your videos because you’re a cool dude and I like your vibe. I don’t even own a house yet but I love gathering ideas and being inspired to know that I can do this as well. Cheers

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Awesome! Thank you!

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Good idea, i also want to build fence at my house

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Not too shabby

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Thanks Wendy!

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Thorman for Prime Minister. Nuff said.

[@lisaalpert8900]

I am curious how well these will hold up for a raised garden bed vs a planter box...I love the design and having an impossible task in finding cedar to make my raised garden beds 2x8 and 2x6 boards to make a 3x6 planters....wonder how long these will last. Thank you for the inspiration!!! Haven't been able to find a good alternative to the cedar for rot/big resistance.

[@benhaze1010]

Great looking planters and interesting way to build them! I only have 1 small concern with using cedar tongue and groove planks: my neighbor used that for his privacy fence and the boards warped after drying out through the summer leaving some gaps here and there.. Also cedar tongue and groove boards don't seem to be readily available in Montreal :(

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18:50 I strongly believe that the 8 is upside down.... Also, nice planter boxes and outdoor area.

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Yeah. It sure is upside down. 🙃

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I will build this.

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Noice!

[@dkat1108]

Wished I could afford wood....looks like a fun project!

[@griddler9174]

Great video as always. Q: why not build the tongue n groove from top down instead of bottom to top?

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Yes indeed!

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Cheers Jacob!

[@DanStAubin-oo7zv]

Instead of hiding screws by gluing and clamping, you could use super glue the trim pieces at 3 points and spray instant activator on your planter box. Wood glue in the spaces in between. Once you press the trim pieces in place, the super glue activates from the activater and instantly becomes your clamp for the wood glue. No screws needed!

[@bluepills2008]

Love the planters... and the plants! What variety of plants did you use?

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this looks like yew

[@plyoung11]

All across Canada this long weekend, 8 foot planters will be built

[@ianpotts4935]

Hi ,all the best from Scotland and once again great video. Small question please , what type of plants did you decide for the garden bed. All the best Ian Potts

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👍

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What is the paint color of the house? Thanks and love watching these vids.

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I was watching this and my toddler son laughed at what he thought was "pee gravel." Now I keep thinking it's pee gravel.

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Noice! 👍

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Cheers Mate!

[@sidneyw5040]

Is there another video on preparing the spot for the planter box. Did you dig? How deep? Just gravel???

[@NoOne-fe3gc]

Me, who needs to build a planter just like that: Noice, that's the video for me Jeff: Projects should be designed to be finished Me: hold on there chief, this is already too hard

[@mbrown2886]

Love This Planter Project. Cedar is not available in Bundles where I Live. Why did you use Cedar??

[@MOYPH.]

Very nice! Why is the seating rotated sideways though?

[@klezmorim]

Great video as always! I've built similar cedar planters for growing vegetables. I hesitated to use Geotextile. Tyvek, Typar or even rigid foam. My concern was toxicity. These are vegetables that I eat. Any recommendations for use in such a context?

[@drsg9124]

I used a lawn vapor barrier you can get at a hardware store. Works fine for me, in fact I've never seen a tyvek type material used for this before

[@HomeRenoVisionDIY]

I am positive that the air has more pollutants than the tyvek. Cheers!

[@MigMonkey]

Love this idea. Not sure what cedar tongue and groove goes for this week but this could work great for me in the future. Once I finally get some equipment in here to remove the knotweed.. Still can't believe the person who lived here before thought knotweed was a smart idea..

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Great idea!

[@kathleenboyd9918]

Now please do a short on how to properly seal the pl premium for future use.

[@HomeRenoVisionDIY]

just use painters tape. Cheers!

[@seanhenry744]

What exterior wood oil finish did you use?

[@mrcead]

I love this HOA: You can't have a fence over 4ft Me after watching this video: No problem 🪴🪴🤭🪴🪴

[@goose72000]

lol the two pictures like so drastically different I Love It.

[@HomeRenoVisionDIY]

Cheers John, it was a lot of work!

[@CraigPickup]

The only thing I'd perhaps do differently is attaching the center brace to the sides of the 2x4s about a foot down, rather than across the top. That way it is hidden.

[@frankhynes4514]

On several garden show only fill the top 1/3 filled with Loom and filler is used bottom 2/3

[@rpaasse6453]

Great project, thanks! Iff lumber is affordable again, i want to build these. Your 8 is hanging upsidedown, but i guess thats on purpuse?

[@TheGibby13]

Yes it is on purpose, it's symbolic, it will be the last thing he fixes before he sells the house

[@rpaasse6453]

@@TheGibby13 That's a nice idea. Thnx, didn't know that.

[@RobertoConde72]

Hey Jeff, I'm from the Ottawa area, and I can see that you did that in the summer of 21, but I'm wondering where you got those tong and grove cedar planks? I can't seem to find it anywhere in here. Do you think having a cedar deck and using a garden bed like that in brown pressure treated would be too weird?

[@unapologetically_me]

Perfect solution for privacy by a large window too!!! Jeff, is the 8 on your house upside down?

[@TheGibby13]

Yes it is upside down and this is done on purpose, this is symbolic as it will be the last thing he fixes on his house before he sells it, he did it on purpose

[@unapologetically_me]

Gilbert Pankhurst Thank you! It was driving my OCD into hyper status.