How to Make Veggie Beds From Cinder Blocks and Rebar

Determine where you would like to place your raised vegetable bed. Choose a spot that receives sunlight at least 6 hours a day. One advantage of using concrete blocks is that you can make a bed any shape or size, depending on the parameters of your yard.

Outline the area for your bed, then remove grass and debris inside that area.

Place a layer of rock dust approximately 3 to 6 inches thick around the perimeter of your garden bed. The rock dust will help to create a level surface for the cinder blocks.

Begin laying the blocks. Using a level, make sure that they are all placed without any slope and that they are level with each other. Work them down in the rock dust a little, if necessary, and use a mallet to adjust them.

Add landscape fabric on the ground inside your first layer of cinder blocks.

Lay a second level of cinder blocks, placing each one half on one block below it and half on another. Repeat with a third layer.

Place rebar in the holes in the concrete bricks. This does not need to be done with every hole -- every other hole or third hole will suffice.

Center each piece of rebar in its hole and use a sledgehammer to drive it into the ground until its top end is flush with the top of your cinder block bed.

Mix the concrete with water in a wheelbarrow until it forms a thick, muddy texture.

Fill each cinder block hole with concrete.

Once the concrete has dried, fill your bed with topsoil, and you're ready to plant.