Raised vegie garden beds made from fence palings

[Poppop]

[pjturner2008]

These are lovely and I am sure your sister will love them. I don't think I would use treated timber in raised garden beds for growing food crops. I know the jury is out on the matter of food contamination but I wouldn't risk any danger to my family's health.

[Pangol]

Hi,

Very interesting. Well done! I am going to build a raised garden bed myself. Where did you get the posts? I couldn't find cheap posts at Bunnings. 

I suppose this would be good to use for planter box

https://www.bunnings.com.au/100-x-15mm-x-1-5m-paling-hardwood_p0061814

Thanks

[Jason]

Welcome to the community and thanks for joining in the discussion @Pangol. Let me tag @Poppop for you so he is alerted to your question about the posts used. 

Please don't hesitate to post anytime you have something to share with the community or need a hand with a project around the house and garden. 

Jason

[Poppop]

@Pangol 

Hi. Everything I used to make these was available at my local Bunnings. If you ask a team member I'm sure they'll be able to help you

[Poppop]

@pjturner2008 

Just line them with black plastic if you have concerns.

[Lex1]

Nice planters...question for you or anyone else...

I'll make a couple like these. I'm putting them on a disused slab. How do you stop the soil mix from leaking out (rain and watering), if they don't have a bottom to hold the soil in?

[MitchellMc]

Hi @Lex1,

Typically, we would just line them with weed matting to retain the soil mix. A staple gun can be used to fix the matting around the top edge and just inside it. 

If you'd like to minimise the dirty water that comes out the bottom of the planter, you might like to use drain matting instead, as it will prevent even finer soil particles from escaping.

Check out this helpful guide: How to fill a raised garden bed.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

[Poppop]

As most of my veggie boxes are positioned in gardens, I generally leave the bottoms out to allow the worms to move up out of the soil and into the box. But in your situation I'd agree with @MitchellMc. Weed mat or similar would hold most of the material in. Some people also like to line the sides of the box with black plastic. You could continue the plastic across the bottom to help hold things in.
Alternatively, with the Planter boxes I make to be placed on decks or other hard surfaces, I just continue the inside braces across the bottom and use more boards to put a bottom in it.

                                     I hope this helps.

[Lex1]

Thanks @Poppop and @MitchellMc.

[annabii]

Love this idea .. this would have taken some time - your accuracy and measurements are great. 
How do you begin ?