Making A Raised Garden Bed With Sleepers

This is a creative diy project that uses recycled railroad ties or sleepers as a frame for your new garden bed.

Making a raised garden bed with sleepers.

On their wide side or on their narrow side. Find out if a raised bed is right for your garden with nbsp our lowdown then follow our step by step guide 1. There are other options. From that line mark the width of the sleeper on the wall.

We explain how to build a raised garden bed with timber sleepers 05 08 2019 11 00 am there are many benefits to introducing raised beds into your garden which include assisting growing conditions via different soil types to grow a wide range of plants fruit and vegetables whilst also improving access and drainage. Having seen the types of raised beds railway sleepers make you might decide that they are a little heavy for your garden. There are two ways to lay down the sleepers. For edging of a level bed one or two layers of sleepers is more than enough to separate the garden from the yard.

When you re building your raised garden bed up against a wall take into account the thickness of the sleeper that will be attached to your support posts. Raised sleeper beds create a focal point full of colour and foliage in any garden and are relatively easy to make. Making the sides of a longer sleepers raised bed measuring the position of the dowel. If you prefer a lighter raised bed design we have an alternative project for you here.

Besides a diy project can t get too much easier than this. Does it need to be in the sun or the shade. Check out these imaginative and inventive raised planter projects using railway sleepers. A clean look that is sturdy and functional.

1 chose where you want to put the raised bed consider where the raised bed will be positioned and whether you can stand or sit. Repeat this process for the other end of the raised garden bed. Using new or used railway sleepers to make raised beds are great alternatives to using bricks concrete or stone. If it s a raised garden you ll need a higher retaining wall meaning more sleeper layers.

How to build raised beds using wooden railway sleepers for herbs etc. Very quick simple with very little tools needed. Think lego or wooden building blocks. Hold the sleeper up against the wall and mark it off.

Work out where you want your sleeper bed or beds to sit in your garden dependant on what you re planting.