Raised Garden Beds Using Metal Roofing

With this corrugated metal raised garden bed you get the best of both worlds the wonderful garden function and a beautiful addition to your yard.

Raised garden beds using metal roofing.

The height of a raised bed allows you to tend to plants and harvest vegetables without bending over. We purchased corrugated sheet metal in 2 x 8 sections. On a flat surface big enough for a 8 x 4 raised bed lay down two 26 x 4 x 4 cedar boards parallel to each other roughly 8 apart photo 1a. Instructions for building raised garden beds.

Raised bed garden from roofing sheet metal step 1. The height of a raised bed allows you to tend to plants and harvest vegetables. Making raised beds from galvanized roofing tins. Few weeds will grow in a raised bed because of.

This is especially beneficial to people with back problems. Cut the sheet metal into 2 high sections. 4 2 x 3 x 8 pieces of wood we used redwood it was not pressure treated wood for the box frame. In fact you can even put raised beds over unused concrete areas and on rooftops making small or urban sunny spaces potential spots for a garden.

The 4 sides only used 2 supports per side which made for a total of 10 vertical support pieces. Raised garden beds have several advantages over flat gardens. It has short sides it s 10 5 inches deep and is just over 3 feet long. This design drains neatly past the wood so you don t need any landscape fabric.

There s nothing better than walking outside and picking the sweet fruits and vegetables from your own garden in your own yard. Raised beds also help reduce weed issues make gardening more accessible for those that have trouble bending over and taking care of their plants and the beds provide and overall pleasing look that can fit most any landscape or design aesthetic depending on which material you use. The 8 sides used full length 2x4s with 3 21 1 4 inch vertical pieces as supports on the sides and the middle. I built the side frames for the raised beds first.

The metal roofing panels were 15 each which adds up to almost half the project. We show you how to build a raised garden bed with corrugated steel sides. I screwed together four panels into a roughly 2 x 8 assembly using self tapping. 1 4 x 4 x 8 piece of metal flashing cut into 4 22 sections.