Hi and ALOHA; If you live in Hawaii and in Kona you have the best building
rocks in the world. A quick look at history of Hawaii will tell you that
the Hawaiians were the best gardeners. They used rocks and built low walls
or trrraces and that was the equivalent of raised beds. Have a good day..
C.U.Online..bones
Zach wrote:
> So, would anybody have suggestions for material to build raised beds
> out of? I'm looking to build several sets of 4ft wide, 8+ft long
> raised beds (time to get rid of all that grass, I'm tired of cutting
> it already). I looked at buying and using 1'*16'*1" lumber (sorry,
> maybe I got that wrong, boards that are 1ft wide, 16ft long, and 1
> inch thick), but the prices I was getting quoted were about $20/board,
> which seemed kind of steep. Plus somebody mentioned that it's termite
> bait.
>
> But when I look around, other things cost about the same. I tried to
> build a simple 4'x 4' raised beds out of the 37cent bricks from
> walmart, but it ended up costing a bit more than the boards (and then
> there's the ugly factor). I'd been thinking to get a lot of the
> 8"x8"x16" cinder blocks from HPM (which would probably still cost a
> lot, but would last a really long time), but then I was jogging the
> other day and saw some raised beds made out of the metal roofing
> material, which may be available as scrap somewhere. And then figured
> I'd ask around a bit to see what other people might use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Zach
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