Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Simple Urban Raised Garden Bed

Well, like the title says, I'm building a portable raised garden bed. Best of all, it's simple to make and super easy to move. It's the ideal urban garden solution. Let's get started!

If you don't have a chop saw like me, you can head over to your local big box store and get your wood cut. They're not super precise, and they charge about 50 cents per cut, but for our purposes the precision is good enough—and if it's your only solution, you have to do with what you got.

I used this plan for a raised garden bed as a template, and customized from there. I'm making a bed that's about 3' by 4' (or 36" by 48"). The structure is also going to be 3' high, and the actual bed, 14" deep.

Here are the specs:

Buy List:
2 – 2x4x12 – legs, small supports
1 – 2x4x8 – bottom supports
7 – 1x4x12 - “flooring”, part of siding (long), part of siding (small)
2 – 1x4x8 – part of siding (small), part of siding (long)
4 – casters
Landscaping fabric
Wood screws

Breakdown:
1 – 2x4x12 – legs
1 – 2x4x12 – small supports
1 – 2x4x8 – bottom supports
3 – 1x4x12 - “flooring”
2 – 1x4x12 – siding (long)
1 – 1x4x8 – siding (long)
 2 – 1x4x12 – siding (small)
1 – 1x4x8 – siding (small)

Cut List (refer to the Breakdown list above): 
Legs – 36” each – 4 pieces
Small Supports – 36” each – 4 pieces
Bottom Supports – 48” each – 2 pieces
Flooring – 48” each – 9 pieces
Siding (long) – 48” each – 8 pieces
Siding (small) – 40.62” each – 8 pieces


That's all for now,
Zachary