Domestically Sustainable Agriculture - Construction, Planting, and Harvesting

Step 3 Building Your Raised Bed Boxes

Materials to build one box:

• 12 ft. rough cut Cyprus (2 pieces)
• 4 ft. rough cut Cyprus (2 pieces)
• 2 in. by 2 in. by 3 ft. pine (Cut in half at a 45 degree angle to get 4 pieces)
• 2 in. stainless steel screws (16 for each box)

Once you have cut your pine stakes into four pieces with a 45 degree angle, now move on to building the rest of the box.

Starting with the 4 ft. end pieces, mark a line 1 inch. in. and then trace the other line with the stake. Now drill two holes from the outside, near the top and bottom of this piece. These will be the holes for your screws when you connect this piece of wood to the stake. Do the same to the other side.

Now take your stake and insert the screws into the stake. It should look like Image 9. Now do the same to the other end piece, and your two end pieces will be complete.

Now find your 12 ft. Cyprus pieces. As shown in Image 10, this piece will be placed on the outside of the stake, but on the inside of the end piece. Take two more screws and connect this piece to the plank. Make sure your screws are in a different spot than the screws on the end piece, because you do not want them to collide.

For however many boxes you wish to produce, repeat the process. For our garden, we will be making four of these boxes.