Your 2026 Garden

[pollipazzi]

Love your bench.

thank you! me too. i need to repaint it though. dreading that

 

[pollipazzi]

has anyone here ever used something like these? and what was your experience?

 

[Noodler]

has anyone here ever used something like these? and what was your experience? View attachment 4289873

We have these! They're a bit interesting to put together and you should look into layering the soil for long term use. I foget the term but my brother layered old firewood at the bottom of our big one so as it broke down it would help the soil.
They're really good raised beds and the ones we have haven't rusted yet. I just finished clearing out the weeds and other than the dirt on the sides being frozen it was pretty easy.

 

[akroberts1085]

I have 2 raised metal garden beds. My husband and I made 2 raised beds from pallets. I will get some pictures posted in a few minutes

 

[akroberts1085]

 

[akroberts1085]

The 1st picture is the big pallet bed and I call it my potato bed. 2nd is my herb bed. 3rd is the small pallet bed with my stairstep metal raised bed. And the last one is my small metal bed.

 

[pollipazzi]

We have these! They're a bit interesting to put together and you should look into layering the soil for long term use. I foget the term but my brother layered old firewood at the bottom of our big one so as it broke down it would help the soil.
They're really good raised beds and the ones we have haven't rusted yet. I just finished clearing out the weeds and other than the dirt on the sides being frozen it was pretty easy.

thanks! how long have you had them? do they bend easily?
i have a big one, but not for very long, so i don't know how it will go, but it seems like it's stronger? thicker? metal than the squarer shorter ones.

i put logs and stuff on the bottom of the big one too. it would need so much to fill otherwise.

 

[pollipazzi]

The 1st picture is the big pallet bed and I call it my potato bed. 2nd is my herb bed. 3rd is the small pallet bed with my stairstep metal raised bed. And the last one is my small metal bed.

have you had them long? and are you happy with them?
i love the way you did the pallet ones!

 

[akroberts1085]

have you had them long? and are you happy with them?
i love the way you did the pallet ones!

I don't remember what year I bought them but I believe it was last year and yes they are great. The pallet beds after we messed up the 1st one was really surprising easy to put together. I'm happier with the pallet beds probably because my husband and I made them together. I do want to move all the beds to be able to rototill the garden area and get rid of the weeds. I'm also wanting to dig down fairly deep to use the method of hueglkulture. I know it's not spelled right but I'm sure you can understand what I mean.

 

[akroberts1085]

@pollipazzi, you can check out the site "Hueglkulture raised beds", it's a great place to see the pallet beds that another member makes. I got my pallets because my husband delivered a load and they left 11 nice pallets in the trailer so he told me about them and brought them home. I probably looked like an idiot with how excited I got about them.