Comments on: How to Build a Cheap Raised Garden Bed https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/ A Homegrown Tradition... Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Krystal @ Three Wondrous Acres Homestead https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-147088 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:37:55 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-147088 That picket fence really is adorable! I just love it! We don’t have old pallets sitting around, but y’all did a great job reusing them.

I think I’m going with dog ears for our big walkway project (since it’s only for flowers!)

]]> By: A Green Hand https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-96339 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:15:39 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-96339 I love the idea of tire garden! It looks eco-friendly somehow! It’s also quite perfect for small garden in my house!

]]> By: Janet https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-36108 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:29:08 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-36108 In reply to Tracy Fredrychowski.

Yes, I do agree with starting seeds indoors. I have mine under a grow lamp as I speak. 🙂

]]> By: Tracy Fredrychowski https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-36105 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:26:49 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-36105 In reply to Janet.

Starting your plants from seed is my best advice. The cost of a bag of soil and a packet of seeds are so much cheaper than buying plants already grown. You can use so many thing around your house as seed started containers. Milk jugs, paper rolls, egg cartons and the list goes on and on.

]]> By: Janet https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-36065 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 05:29:16 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-36065 These are wonderful ideas! Do you have any suggestions on filling them inexpensively?

]]> By: Tracy at Our Simple Life https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-13403 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:08:59 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-13403 In reply to vikki.

Vikki what a wonderful find! We are currently using wood pallets for many of our projects around the farm. They are a pain to take apart but the free wood is such a blessing for us!

]]> By: vikki https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-13285 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:58:45 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-13285 We have a friend who is a trucker for a hard wood lumber mill. He is able to get loads and loads of what I call 3rds. Long (and short) planks of hard wood that for one reason or another can not be sold. Normally they throw it away but he gets the load for us and we use it everywhere. I did one 20×20(ish) raised bed garden with the planks. They have also been used to make a chick brooder, a chicken coop, and a rabbit house. When the mill cuts their sellable planks to the proper length they toss the end (that happens to be about 2 ft) we cut that in half and use it to heat in the wintertime.

]]> By: Shirley https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-10732 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:09:33 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-10732 Tracy, we live in pine tree country and constantly have neighbors and tree farms having pine tree harvests. The logging companies leave behind many smaller trees that were uprooted, but not big enough to take. Some would consider that a waste, but in this area we use all those downed trees for one thing or another and currently my raised garden beds are formed of those handy logs. We’ve also used them in little construction projects and other DIY’s and plenty of people use them for campfires/winter heating. I’m also a fan of cinder block raised bed which are working especially well for my strawberry bushes. I’ve also seen people turn old canoes into little garden beds!

]]> By: Tracy at Our Simple Life https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-5045 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:03:20 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-5045 In reply to Daisy.

Daisy thank you for sharing this great tip…I would have never thought about that with the pallets.

]]> By: Daisy https://oursimplehomestead.com/how-to-build-a-cheap-raised-garden-bed/#comment-5044 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:01:40 +0000 https://oursimplehomestead.com/?p=4498#comment-5044 I just wanted to share with you that you need to be careful using pallets and tires as planters for edibles, as they can contain harmful ingredients.

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