24 x 12 ft sheet of corrugated metal or whatever size you want.
Corrugated metal planter boxes diy.
Home centers typically carry light gauge corrugated metal which is fine for this metal raised garden beds project as long as you reinforce it with plywood.
Step 5 place sheet metal inside the diy planter container.
The bottom of the box will need to be covered with either flat sheet metal or with corrugated steel roof panel.
It s also raised slightly higher than your average raised bed making it easy to bend over and plant seeds as well as harvest.
When looking at gauges of metal remember that a higher number means thinner material.
10 4 x 2 s of pressure treated lumber.
May 22 2019 explore misscindylou s board corrugated metal planters on pinterest.
If you d rather not fill the entire garden bed with soil some people like to put recyclable items at the bottom of their garden box first.
Our metal is 30 gauge.
Counter sinking drill bit.
Take the help of this tutorial to replicate this idea.
Diy metal trough planter.
Drill a bunch of 1 4 holes through metal for water drainage.
Corrugated metal planter box when we first moved into our home twelve years ago i created a large fenced area for our veggie garden 100 x 50 and built raised beds out of 12 boards and 4 x4 corner posts for veggies and flowers.
There are also a lot of tips included on how to set up an irrigation system.
One of the many other galvanized planter ideas that you can find in this list.
See more ideas about metal planters corrugated metal garden beds.
After you build a raised bed you should ideally wait a day or two before planting seeds.
This size cost us 22 dollars.
How to fill your garden box.
Also make sure all the screws you choose are rated for use with treated lumber.
Metal raised garden bed from mk library.
Instead of using all wood this free raised planter box uses corrugated metal for the sides.
You might think about which soil amendments if any you d like to add and plan out which plants will be best in the same box.
Even pressure treated wood doesn t last forever though and by this spring the beds were all but falling apart.