How To Build Raised Garden Beds On A Steep Slope
Making a raised bed garden on a steep slope.
How to build raised garden beds on a steep slope. This joinery below will become the front and the sides of the raised bed box. Here are two pictures of the hill from two different angles. Some sites may need only a low stone wall to transform them into good gardening space while others will require compact beds stacked up like boxes.
It looks like this homeowner hand-laid the rock walls this style of building a wall is a lost art. Rebar stakes are the best way to reinforce wood-framed beds on a slope. Raised beds on steep hillsides can even be built into retaining walls themselves but you will have to dig out the side of the hill in order to create stepped level surfaces.
The side board connects at the top of the front and the bottom of the back kind of like stairs. Divide the length of the slope from the lowest point to the highest by four. To easily fill this gap place a 2 x 6-inch board cut to length inside the box.
The gradient of your garden is the most important factor for your garden. Our backyard consists of 3 slopes. This is now many raised beds you can build each stretching from one side of the slope to the other.
Be sure to check for level from front to back. Cut upper course boards Cut 24s to 225 for framing the corners. Both concrete block and wood are options depending on the steepness of your grade.
Your tiered beds can be either deep or shallow depending on your needs. Select a piece of lumber wide enough to fill the gap between the box sides and the ground at its widest point. Reinforcement can be provided by retaining walls and reinforcement fencing.