12'x6' Garden box Do it yourself for 50 BUCKS!
Hey everyone what does smart an easy money have to do with gardening?
saving money by growing your own food.is smart!
here is a pic and a few second video of what garden i built at my place buy getting everything i needed at my local hardware store.
this is a pick from day i built it and planted and video below shows plants growing, pardon the leaves we just has a strong storm come through
so ck out my video below.
Now the total supplies, boards,tops soil, seeds came to $50.00 from lowes but you can get the same any were, mater of fact Walmart has the cheapest top soil i have found at $1.49 a bag!
So how to do it and what do, i decided on making the above ground box for a few reasons. One being i have a bad back so shoveling up the dirt by hand was out of the question.
Two, i wanted fresh,good topsoil to plant in.
The cheapest way and what you need.
- 6 fence boards pressure treated so they don't rot, cost about $1.70 a board
- 1 2x4x8 board cost about $3.00
- 14 bags of topsoil bought at Walmart for $1.49 each =$20.86
- seeds whatever you want to plant that you like.
How to.
take 2 fence boards and place the bottom ends length wise together then cut a piece off a 2x4 about a foot long and place it centered over the ends of the fence boards so that when you nail/screw them into the 2x4 it makes one solid 12 foot long board. Repeat again so you have 2 --12 foot long sections. Now simple take 1 fence board and cut 2 piece of 2x4 1 for each corner and attach one end to both 12 foot sections to make a rectangle box.
12'
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6' 6' 2 6 foot boards for top and bottom
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12'
Spread your top soil out evenly in the box and plant your seeds!
personally if your curious i planted sweet corn,tomatoes,strawberry,chives,garlic and green beans!
When most places charge you 45-70 dollars just for a pre made box kit, why on earth spend that when for a lot less you can also have fresh soil and seeds?
Benefits
- mentally great feeling of being able to built and plant, knowing you can feed yourself or family is rewarding.
- pesticide and non GMO food for you and your family--There is a reason why other countries will not use genetically modified seeds like america does and has banned their import-lets face it if the seed produce a plant that kills the bugs when they eat it are you sure you want to believe the mega corporations that say its safe?Many other countries do not
- SAVE money as i can tell you for my self im gona have more than 50 dollars worth of just tomatoes lol.
- Think about canning you food its cheap/make a good disaster back up and at least you know you not eating foods laced with poison.
Thats it, i hope you enjoyed it, if you can plant what you can, you will save money and nothing compares to eating your own food!
should you decide to can your food as millions of others do--here is a link to save you some money and time
