How to Build a Raised Vegetable Garden

By: Alexandra Bandon, This Old House television

Shopping List

Supplies You Will Need

1. One 8-foot length of 2x10 cedar

2. Two 10-foot lengths of 2x10 cedar

3. Two 10-foot lengths of 2x4 cedar

4. 3-inch deck screws

5. Garden soil

6. Compost

7. Starter fertilizer appropriate for vegetables

8. Vegetable seeds or seedlings

9. Grass clippings for mulch

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Tools List
Tools You Will Need
- Jigsaw or circular saw
- Drill/driver
- Framing square
- Edger or spade
- Sod cutter or grub hoe
- Pitchfork or rotary tiller
- 4-foot level
- Sledgehammer
- Wheelbarrow
- Reciprocating saw or handsaw
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boy using a cordless driver to attach 2x10 cedar boards with deck screws

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11: Water and mulch the bed

1. Cut and assemble the frame

Using a jigsaw or circular saw, cut an 8-foot length of 2x10 cedar in half.

Hold one of the 10-foot 2x10s on edge, and butt the end of a 4-foot 2x10 up to it so that the face of the longer board overlaps the end of the shorter board. Using the drill/driver, sink three 3-inch screws through the face of the long side and into the end  of the short side.

Attach the other sides together, using three 3-inch screws on each corner and overlapping the long sides over the short sides.