How to Make a Raised Garden Bed (WoodLogger.com)

This Raised Garden Bed project was inexpensive, fun, and easy to make. In this video I go over how I made this garden box in just a few hours. If you want build a raised garden box you can view more pictures and a description on how I made this. Check out my site over at: www.woodlogger.com/
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[@CWR032]

If you're on a really tight budget, use 8' cedar fence pickets. I bought six and cut two in half for the short sides, and used a couple of 2x2 cedar posts for the corner stakes. I had some stainless steel deck screws left over from another project. The box has been in for three years and is as solid as the day I built it.

[@fredboehmcozumel]

Did it , thx for the video . Went to my lumber yard and asked for what you used in your video and now its in my backyard . Thx so much .

[@kristinelizabethcoaching5984]

Thank you so much for this easy how to. My husband is a high custom millworker, but finding the time to build garden boxes isn't always easy. Sooo yesterday I typed in how to make raised garden beds. You popped up first and I got started. At 10:53 I started measuring and by 12:40, I was completely done filled with soil and all! Crazy proud moment here and making 3 more today! I actually made them 10' x 32" and I love them! Great idea re stapling the weed block! Wish I could upload an image! Thanks again!!!!

[@frankd8204]

Thank you Woodlogger. Very thorough video explaining the steps and materials to build a simple, BUT, effective garden box. Here at my big box garden center, there is a 4x6 box, assembled for $250.00. This project will be way below $100.00 and meet all our garden needs, so definitely the way to go on a budget using a simple home saw and screws. Keep the videos coming.

[@Jlind9335]

I just made this today. Thanks for your help. Very good instructions and I think it took me about 3 hours. That includes going to home depot and buying the lumber. Plan to make about 3 more.

[@Nahmaste0928]

Thank you so much it’s easy and you talk so clear with the details. Now I have it in my garden.

[@doityourdarnselfdiy7625]

The cedar makes it look way better! Plus i like the way it ages in comparison to pine. Good choices good choices! Cedar

[@FixItAngel]

Thank you. Great tutorial

[@progtom7585]

man, that frame is SOLID. nice work

[@heinzkitzvelvet]

I LOVE the sweatshirt. I'm from North Vernon. Lived in Columbus and Nashville for many many years. Right now I'm living in Crothersville, just south of Seymour. 36 miles north of Louisville. It's nice to see a fellow Hoosier out there in KZbin land.

[@KSardor1]

Jelly of how organized and neat your garage looks #goals

[@intelligentdesign-evolutio5841]

good advice on making a wood box for a garden box, thanks! I plan to build one later this month (Feb. 2020.)

[@GinaSeattle]

Thanks for sharing this great video and your website looks awesome!

[@kirkb2286]

Straight to the point......I like that .....thanks for the video

[@gratefulheart8361]

Thank you for your video. It was very helpful.

[@alexisrussell6014]

Awesome video! Thank you

[@kennethlawleer1588]

Seems easy,,, nice short and to the point guide,,,, thanks man !

[@Draaca]

Awesome vid, thank you.

[@ryanharnadek7578]

Hey man, saw a lot of people tearing up your video, just wanted to say "nice box."

[@BrainsOfMush09]

Love yiur raised bed. Nice work. Im tearing down my old and building this. I use cardboard over the old grass (bermuda) and it chokes it dead everytime. Thanks for the tips!

[@Woodlogger]

Thanks for the kind words, and good luck with you new one.

[@SteveCarmichael]

Nice video. My wife would like some of those beds, You're right, the 2x4 sizes can really confuse people. Construction studs are usually 1.5x3.5, but rough sawn 2x4s can be bigger. Also watch out for those 2x3's and 92" studs too. lol

[@Woodlogger]

Steve Carmichael Thanks. Yep it's strange the nominal vs. actual. I should google when / why they started all that. hah.

[@OldBuddyBob]

+WoodLogger I think timber millers cut timber to the nominal size as rough sawn. Once this timber is run through a planer to smooth it, the finished size will be slightly smaller.

[@Affendog]

+Chuck Nichter no one cares where your family is from. The man showed you how to build something.

[@internettroll5997]

+Chuck Nichter shut up chuck

[@williscooper7750]

they are actually 92" 5/8 inches called Pre-Cut studs and this is to create an 8'1"1/8 tall standard wall before flooring and sheet rock. Its estimated that after the 7/16 sheet rock and roughly 5/8 - 3/4 of flooring you get a true 8ft ceiling height. Same for 9 and 10 ft ceilings anything else is considered just a 2x4. Although you dont see them in 1" /34 x 3" 3/4 its always 1" 1/2 x 3" 1/2

[@scottsgoingon8806]

These are great, thanks for sharing

[@sureshmathi5217]

Good job

[@williscooper7750]

Its based on ruff cut lumber vs milled lumber. Rough cut is truly 2x4 but burly and has lots of rough edges. So they plain down the edges taking roughly a 1/4 inch per side to smooth and straighten them out.

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Great job thank you

[@monkeydude3987]

Thanks for sharing, gonna give a shot at building this for my bride. Will be a great project for a novice builder such as me!

[@anthonyp.292]

monkeydude3987 You think she will fit inside that?

[@monkeydude3987]

@@anthonyp.292 Haha, funny! Turns out she wants two, for the GARDEN lol

[@hyperborean.]

Thank you.

[@ofiry]

nice video, how do you protect the wood from moisture?

[@RobinLewisMakes]

The bed looks great! Cedar is so much nicer than treated pine, good choice

[@Woodlogger]

+Robin Lewis Thanks Robin, yeah I completely agree. I like cedar for exterior projects.

[@fUjiMaNia]

+WoodLogger great video, is true that treated wood is no good for vegetables because it has chemicals that might end up going into the soil and into the plants? If yes what kinda wood do you recommend getting from HomeDepot or Lowes. Thanks :-) Also is that a 6x4 raised bed you guys are sitting in at the beginning of the video?

[@PROMIXGARDENING]

+fUjiMaNia Here's an article related to that question : www.finegardening.com/does-pressure-treated-wood-belong-your-garden

[@fUjiMaNia]

PRO-MIX Gardening thanks

[@halfglassfull]

that article is perhaps 15 years out of date. My reading has shown that CCA (arsenic laced) was banned in 2003. Modern PT lumber has no arsenic and more copper ( ACQ, MCA etc) and it can leach into soil but by a few inches and levels are so low that risk to humans from exposure to copper is tiny.

[@k.3004]

Would this be possible with large bamboo poles? It's cheaper and more abundant here, and I was just wondering if all I needed to do was make a way for the bamboo become a fixed structure. Thanks.

[@dannyhughes9874]

I find that attaching the corners and center support blocks OUTSIDE allows for smoother work with Garden Tools - no obstacles to stop the flow !!!! I have also experimented with stapling 2 layers of Black porous Ground Cover material around the inner sides ---- this helps to reduce rotting of the Wood considerably.

[@KevboKev]

I noticed the weed barrier only on the bottom, however, have you had any issues with leakage between the boards on a rainy day with muddy water? I have been researching a lot because I want to make some of these for this growing season, and I have read where some people line the entire inside (going up the sides) of the box with landscape cloth. Just wondered if you think that would be a good idea since you've had yours for some time now, or if you never ran into the leakage problem. Thanks, and great job!

[@johnelzy2217]

Nice Video, good job

[@steve-wu7jp]

nice bed, used redwood and it worked great. +1

[@annaoeur6415]

perfect video!!!

[@Paddygfw]

Great video...seems like a great idea for my wife's garden...Instead of 2x4 can I use 2x12. Very new to carpenter work Thanks again for sharing

[@Woodlogger]

Paddygfw sure whatever works for you. I used 2x4's cause they were cheaper.

[@southernmediasource7285]

I love the fact your gardening box video was 4:20 minutes. Coincidence? Lol! Good Video. Keep it up.

[@lnixon236]

I know what im doing this spring. thanks

[@alcfoxxy]

Question: how do I test the soil to see if it's bad?

[@thomaskavanal8706]

his...nice method of planting a garden

[@magdump7380]

Very nice.🤘

[@tomasmora7500]

nice work that is so cool lol

[@mabastyaseen8517]

HiWhat's this black part undernith the box?

[@digitman8738]

Do you have to put the weed guard down on the bottom of the weed bed or can you get away with it

[@vinnymattiello989]

Nice.

[@buddahmayne9273]

Gonna make me one of these tomorrow

[@deltaray3]

Heh, nice shirt. I live about 20 minutes from Brown County State Park.

[@Merlinsluck]

Great video. Any suggestions for a similar design? I am making the sameType but over concrete. I would like to raise it off the ground y maybe 2 feet. I see other designs where they dont use a bottom but add chickenwire and then the weed barrier. I am worried this will mot be strong enough to hold all the dirt. Any suggestions? Thanks for the video really well done.

[@Woodlogger]

I've had mine for a few years now. Still holding pretty well. I only used a weed barrier as the soil underneath mine was horrible (long story. Good luck with yours.

[@siarradennies2799]

This is so interesting! I am considering building one of these myself, but I'm on a budget.. How much did all of this cost?

[@Evan-td4of]

Siarra Dennies I did it for about 15-20$ a box

[@ugekash9749]

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[@zareh805]

I’ll be using this in my back patio which is all concrete. What should I do for the bottom of the box?

[@ryane7906]

Zareh Kantzabedian shag it

[@dimitardimitrov9781]

What about drain line..? Is it really necessary to have such installed ?

[@SherryEllesson]

No, because the landscape fabric he used is water-permeable.

[@jo-annbretney8840]

how does the excess water drains out ?

[@mbm887]

The wood mill cuts the lumber on a rough cut blade. After the are done, they send the wood, through a planer. This way, you will have a nice cut of finished wood. So, what they do is cut 1/4 of an inch on all sides. If you prefer raw and plane it your self. (GOOD LUCK) Have you taken notice to the sharp edges of the wood, very smooth also

[@saint0004]

When screwing your planks to the pillars do you drill pilot holes into the wood first?

[@josh1549]

It would help a lot

[@craigdanielmaceacher]

2 by 4 is actually 1.5 x 3.5 inches not 1.75 x 3.75 as you mentioned. They are milled down from actual 2 x 4 (smoothed out basically). You can still buy actual 2x4 lumber from mills, just ask for rough cut, it's usually closer or just over 2x4.

[@runeborgbjerg]

Perfectly accurate! :)

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

yes, cut from the tree as a 2X4. Then it gets planed smooth. The drying causes it to shrink as well. If you do a fine measure of many pieces, you'll find they are about 1.5" thick but not all exactly the same size.

[@jimmybuffet5361]

You are a fucking idiot

[@tre2472]

Is this wood rough cut ?

[@robertkinholt621]

Did mine with 2x10, 4 end pieces stacked, 8 for the side's and 4x4s for corners and middle

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

i like the way you make them. I notice some people line the bottoms with cardboard boxes. I think the ink on the boxes would be toxic? What do you think about that ?

[@strawink]

Only do such with food-grade cardboard, because for those they use corn and soy based inks.

[@tracidurant5732]

is it a good idea to pre drill the holes for the screws to avoid having the wood split later?

[@splitshot71]

Traci Durant absolutely. Don’t understand why he didn’t

[@cardion411]

Thanks buddy! You seem like such a chill guy!

[@PCHwoods]

What kind of wood is this?

[@wolfmooch]

You might want to add some type of wire mesh to the bottom as well to keep out voles and other critters. Add on some hoops and you have one all in one bed. Very nice video btw.

[@Woodlogger]

wolfmooch Thanks, and yep that is a great idea

[@Affendog]

+wolfmooch voles are dangerous

[@davidwilliams7832]

How much soil will it take to fill this

[@victorrodriguezsr6081]

Nice box you built..thought your daughter was gonna help! LoL

[@FeliciaOgilby]

How Many 2x4x8 Do I Need To Buy To Build This?

[@barryschwienteck5412]

Nine total ... three for each side = 6 + 3 (cut in half) will do both ends.

[@LLiyanaLatip]

How much soil do you need to fill that size of a planter box?

[@dwizzle8405]

Nurliyana ab.latip www.gardeners.com/how-to/soil-calculator/7558.html

[@repobaconater]

3”1/2 by 1”1/2

[@senormofeta6726]

So why would you not use a 2 x 12 and be done with it? I'm new and dunno. Thanks bro.

[@thomasrobb3519]

2x12 is almost twice the price of 3 2x4's

[@buwulandari]

What is the name of the material that you put on the bottom, the black one? Thank you

[@BlackBinderGames]

It’s just a weed barrier

[@ME-wq8lq]

Did you stain it?

[@dalebailey754]

I didn’t notice a 4x4 underneath the 2x4’s you were screwing down. I just saw one beside it. Are my eyes playing tricks on me? It looks ridiculously easy. I’m not skilled, so I don’t want any surprises.

[@martyjouett9949]

What kind of wood did you use! Was it pressure treated or just regular 2x4’s.

[@kenwylie756]

Probably not pressure treated as the chemicals can kill your plants. Just use untreated wood.

[@Woodlogger]

I used untreated cedar wood.

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

Do you have an impact driver? They put screws in so much better than a drill.

[@Woodlogger]

Love2boat92 No I wish I did. I've never used one, but I saw a review awhile back that talked about that. They sound great.

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

WoodLogger Oh ok. You really should get one. I take lug nuts off with my Milwaukee. Its fantastic! If you didn't want to spend a lot of money ryobi has a nice one too.

[@Affendog]

+Love2boat92 stupid question i am his neighbor and he doesn't have the balls to say that

[@Lanninglongarmmowing]

Affendog Okay?

[@madanmohan5841]

You are awsome

[@ihopesomeonerelates7255]

What type of wood was used? Is that treated or untreated?

[@Woodlogger]

Haley Richmond I used untreated cedar..

[@ejames6431]

Very cool!

[@gorancvijovic2635]

inch is 2,54cm

[@manuelvillalpando6665]

You should mention to people that pine wood is not the best choice to making these raised garden beds, as pine wood will deteriorate much faster with the natural elements at play. One of the best choices to use for wood for making these raised garden beds is cedar. Cedar is very resistant to many of the natural elements, and you will gain more use out of your raised garden bed. Overall, good job in making and instructing the how-to video. I got homework now, :D

[@mickeytollison]

He is using cedar.

[@terry2346]

Rather than the landscaping fabric just put down a layer or two of plain cardboard---or even newspapers--The newspapers are now printed with vegetable ink and totally safe. Stops the grass and the worms will eventually eat it up and improve your soil!

[@erasmomartinez867]

I have a question do you have to put the plastic or can you just not use the plastic. I've seen some people use it others don't why would someone use it and why would i not use it?

[@relsiswb]

+Look Inside That's not plastic. He used a fabric weed barrier. It block weeds from coming through. Plastic would stop water from filtering into the ground and your plants would be waterlogged. I'm not sure a weed barrier is necessary. Another reason not to put a weed barrier is that it also blocks your plant roots from reaching deep into the soil. For instance, tomato roots will go probably 6 feet into the soil to draw water. They will be more drought resistant.

[@Affendog]

+Look Inside my god. think for yourself

[@palehorse1021]

you can also try news paper. If you do don't use the color glossy ad's.

[@crystalslayforthegawds270]

At 1:15 he said cooters🤣

[@davidfountain229]

is 1 foot deep enough to grow vegetables

[@thinkcouple2398]

I worked in a greenhouse and we planted at 2 1/2 feet

[@smrooke]

2x4s are 1.5 x 3.5

[@kevinm8865]

IU!!!

[@nvasudeva]

woodlogger how much did the wood actually cost you ? Just wondering the total cost of this project ?

[@roshanbasnet7348]

you did not show how you attached all four sides?

[@philvelasco1363]

Im pretty sure he used thumb tacks

[@RC_Aviator]

@@philvelasco1363 lmfao

[@RC_Aviator]

if you need to see how he atatched all the sides then maybe you should just buy a pre built box

[@sN3Ks189]

He spit on the ends and stuck them together

[@misterdanton]

me I like hammering with driving nails

[@alexboatingfishing9103]

Which wood did you use?

[@Woodlogger]

+Slim1 Dune I used untreated cedar.

[@alexboatingfishing9103]

+WoodLogger i went to home depot and they are stupid expensive

[@heinzkitzvelvet]

I use a hand saw to cut all my wood. I love doing it by hand like that. I built an over built, over sized work bench for my garage using hand tools. It was incredibly satisfying doing it that way, so I'm gonna stick with it.

[@ancrocha]

The 2x4 has side 3 1/2" because you add a 1/2" drywall and your will be 4"

[@travelinthru9519]

When they cut them they are two by four when they dry the wood shrinks

[@lacc01]

How the fabric will stop weed from growing if its under the soil? I dont get this part. I tought it should be on the top and make holes to only let grow your plants.

[@shriyaskuttyfarm]

Good video.Result of hard work. Give your valuable comments to improve our channel thank you. Stay connected and stay blessed

[@MrPilcher01]

the measurement is because after the timber is dressed you lose a couple of millimetres of material

[@007hifi]

It should be 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 To fit drywall

[@johnlvs2run]

The gophers would love these.

[@nadstash]

Use mm cm and metres inches are are so ancient

[@thomastidewater]

I like to use a saw.

[@aekracing3726]

❤️🇹🇭👍🇹🇭

[@nathanialjewell1196]

Me and my dad are going to try to make one and if you live in Indiana SO DO I I live near greenwood

[@Woodlogger]

+Nathanial Jewell Good Luck... I actually live near Greenwood as well...

[@youdarnkitty]

Indiana