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Landscaping for Small Yards: Building Raised Beds

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Installing the Ends of the Raised Bed

building raised beds

Attaching one of the short walls of the raised bed.

David Beaulieu

Raised beds have four walls. In this project, the raised bed is a long rectangle. So there will be two long sides and two short sides. Let's call the latter "ends," to distinguish them from the former.

The photo above shows what one of the ends looks like. We used our 1x6 boards here. Again, the boards are spaced slightly apart, to promote aeration. Pre-drill first to avoid splitting the boards, then screw them in. Repeat on the other end.

In Step #7 we turn to the two longer sides....

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