Home Garden
# Home & Garden >> Garden & Lawn >> Vegetable Garden

How to Build a Raised Vegetable Bed With Cinder Blocks

Raised-bed gardens are a good way for people with limited mobility to maintain their love of gardening. Raised beds can be built from a variety of materials. Cinder blocks are the easiest to install and cheaper than many other types of material, like bricks or lumber. You can build a raised garden to any size, as long as you understand the planning required before you build the walls. You can also build a series of gardens to create "vegetable landscaping."

Things You'll Need

  • Stakes
  • Strings
  • Squared-end shovel or flat spade
  • Mortar mix
  • Mortar chisel
  • Gravel
Show More

Instructions

    • 1

      Measure and mark the area where you are placing the vegetable garden. You will need both the width and the length.

    • 2

      Calculate the number of blocks you will need based upon your measurements. To find the number of blocks needed for a given side, divide that side's measurement by the size of a single cinder block. Add the results for all four sides together to get the number of blocks per course. Multiply that number by the number of courses you are building. A 4- by 8-foot bed requires 40 to 50 blocks.

    • 3

      Mark off the area with string and stakes. Set the stakes at each corner. Tie string around the stakes. Stretch the string between the stakes to mark the sides. Remove any debris, plants or material within the marked area.

    • 4

      Dig a trench around the perimeter of the garden. Make the depth equal to the height of a cinder block. Level the trench with a squared-end shovel or flat spade.

    • 5

      Mix the mortar in the wheelbarrow as directed on the bag.

    • 6

      Lay the first course of blocks in the trench. Lay the second course over the first course so each block spans two blocks underneath. Apply mortar between courses to secure the blocks together. Scrape excess mortar away using the narrow side of the mortar chisel.

    • 7

      Fill the base of the garden with gravel halfway up the first visible course of blocks. This will be the drainage for the garden.

Previous:

Next:

Vegetable Garden
  1. How to Build an Outside Wall With Cinder Blocks
  2. How to Build a Simple Cinder Block Raised Garden Bed
  3. How to Build a Sitting Wall With Cinder Blocks
  4. How to Build a Cinder Block Wall With a Curve
  5. How to Build a Shower Seat Out of Cinder Blocks
  6. How to Build a Raised Flower Bed With Stone
  7. How to Build a Vegetable Planter Box With Cinder Blocks
  8. How to Build a Stone Wall With a Rock Face Using Cinder Blocks
  9. How to Make a Raised Flower Bed With Cinder Blocks
  10. How to Build a BBQ Island With Cinder Blocks
  11. How to Build a Greenhouse With Cinder Blocks
  12. How to Build With Limestone Blocks

Home Garden © https://www.98905.com