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Instructions 1. Lay one 2"x4"x8' board on top of a 4"x4"x2' post, making sure the sides are flush on the top and left side. It can help to support the other end of the board with a 4"x4" to keep it level.
2. Drill 3 holes through the board into the post, making sure it stays lined up.
3. Screw in the 3 wood screws.
4. Lay another 2"x4"x8' board next to the one you screwed in. Make sure it's flush with the end of the other board and lined up with the post.
5. Holding it securely, drill the holes and screw in the screws.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 to attach the post on the other side of the board.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 to assemble the other side of the bed.
8. Stand one side of the bed upright and attach one of the 2"x4"x4' boards to it using a clamp. Make sure the bottom is flush with the ground and the side is flush with the end of the side boards. Drill the holes and screw in place.
9. Lay the other 2"x4"x4' board on top of the one you just attached and hold it in place with a clamp. Making sure that it is flush with the sides of the 2"x8"s. Drill holes and screw in.
10. Attach the other end of the 2"x4"x4' boards to the side you build in step 6. You should now have a bed with 3 sides on it. In order to fill it with dirt more easily, I'm holding off on attaching the final end until after I have dirt in there, that'll allow me to take the wheelbarrow of dirt all the way into the bed.
11. Measure the width of your bed, and cut some enviromesh to the 3 pieces of that length. Attach them to the bed using a staple gun, overlapping a little. This mesh will help keep any underground critters from burrowing up into your garden and stealing your veggie.
12. Measure the length of your bed and cut a section out of weed control fabric that will fit that area, or use two pieces if that's easier. Attach it with the staple gun. The fabric will help keep out any weeds that might come up from below the garden.
13. You're now all set to put them in the ground! The first step is to dig the holes for the corners of the bed. You can either measure them or if you're bad at measuring like I am, just set out the bed and mark where the posts are. You can either use a shovel or a post hole digger if you have one.
14. Now set the bed into the holes and fill the post holes with dirt. If you're adventurous you could use cement to hold them in place. Also, my wire mesh was buckling upwards some so I laid down the unattached end board on top to hold it in place while I fill it.
15. Fill the bed with dirt until you get to the open end. It's ok to have the dirt stacked above the sides of the bed since once you'll be compressing it down.
16. Finish the final short end of the bed in the same way you did the one in steps 8-10.
17. Fill in the rest of the bed with dirt. Now you now need to stamp it down. You could probably use a scrap piece of wood, but I just climbed into the bed and walked around in it until it was pretty evenly packed. Top the bed off with soil until it's about 1/2" from the top. You can use a piece of scrap wood to help level it off.
2. Drill 3 holes through the board into the post, making sure it stays lined up.
3. Screw in the 3 wood screws.
4. Lay another 2"x4"x8' board next to the one you screwed in. Make sure it's flush with the end of the other board and lined up with the post.
5. Holding it securely, drill the holes and screw in the screws.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 to attach the post on the other side of the board.
7. Repeat steps 1-6 to assemble the other side of the bed.
8. Stand one side of the bed upright and attach one of the 2"x4"x4' boards to it using a clamp. Make sure the bottom is flush with the ground and the side is flush with the end of the side boards. Drill the holes and screw in place.
9. Lay the other 2"x4"x4' board on top of the one you just attached and hold it in place with a clamp. Making sure that it is flush with the sides of the 2"x8"s. Drill holes and screw in.
10. Attach the other end of the 2"x4"x4' boards to the side you build in step 6. You should now have a bed with 3 sides on it. In order to fill it with dirt more easily, I'm holding off on attaching the final end until after I have dirt in there, that'll allow me to take the wheelbarrow of dirt all the way into the bed.
11. Measure the width of your bed, and cut some enviromesh to the 3 pieces of that length. Attach them to the bed using a staple gun, overlapping a little. This mesh will help keep any underground critters from burrowing up into your garden and stealing your veggie.
12. Measure the length of your bed and cut a section out of weed control fabric that will fit that area, or use two pieces if that's easier. Attach it with the staple gun. The fabric will help keep out any weeds that might come up from below the garden.
13. You're now all set to put them in the ground! The first step is to dig the holes for the corners of the bed. You can either measure them or if you're bad at measuring like I am, just set out the bed and mark where the posts are. You can either use a shovel or a post hole digger if you have one.
14. Now set the bed into the holes and fill the post holes with dirt. If you're adventurous you could use cement to hold them in place. Also, my wire mesh was buckling upwards some so I laid down the unattached end board on top to hold it in place while I fill it.
15. Fill the bed with dirt until you get to the open end. It's ok to have the dirt stacked above the sides of the bed since once you'll be compressing it down.
16. Finish the final short end of the bed in the same way you did the one in steps 8-10.
17. Fill in the rest of the bed with dirt. Now you now need to stamp it down. You could probably use a scrap piece of wood, but I just climbed into the bed and walked around in it until it was pretty evenly packed. Top the bed off with soil until it's about 1/2" from the top. You can use a piece of scrap wood to help level it off.
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