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How to Build a Raised Vegetable Garden
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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 soil6. Compost
7. Starter fertilizer appropriate for vegetables
8. Vegetable seeds or seedlings
9. Grass clippings for mulch -
Tools List
Tools You Will Need
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Jigsaw or circular saw
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Drill/driver
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Framing square
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Edger or spade
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Sod cutter or grub hoe
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Pitchfork or rotary tiller
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4-foot level
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Sledgehammer
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Wheelbarrow
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Reciprocating saw or handsaw
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11. Water and mulch the bed
Once the bed is planted, water it thoroughly. Then cover the soil with about an inch of mulch made from grass clippings.
Roger Cook says: “Use grass clippings to mulch around the plants. This will help keep the soil moist and stop weeds from growing.”
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