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Do you want to make a raised bed in your garden?

So look no further!

This technique for making a raised vegetable garden is certainly the simplest who exist !

Don't worry, you don't even have to be a handyman. Look, it's easy and economical:

For the record, my eight year old daughter wanted really have your own vegetable garden.

Only, I was not yet convinced that she was totally passionate about gardening.

So, I didn't want to give him too much space in our garden for his new passion. In any case, not yet!

As my husband still had cinder blocks in the garage, we decided to recycle them.

Well, I can tell you that cinder blocks are great for making a raised vegetable garden.

What you need

- concrete blocks

- cardboard boxes

- soil

- vegetable patch labels

How to do

1. First of all, we will have to flatten the space you have chosen. This step is probably the one that will take you the most time and effort.

When choosing a location to install your raised bed, think about the exposure and sunshine of plants that you want to put in the ground. Will your plants need full sun, shade or partial shade? Remember to think about the needs of your plants before you plant them. This will help you determine the space you need.

2. After you have chosen and planed the location of your raised garden, lay out the cinder blocks, as in the photo above.

Lay the cinder blocks with the holes facing up. This way you can put your plants in the soil in the holes and gain even more space for your vegetable garden!

If you want your flower bed to be higher than ours, you can also fill these holes with soil (don't waste potting soil) to make them more stable and strong.

3.Lay out pieces of cardboard at the back of the flowerbed before add the potting soil. This is a simple trick to avoid getting weeds.

I've also heard that concrete blocks are sometimes treated with chemicals. So, to be on the safe side, I used the cardboard flaps to cover the sides of the cinder blocks.

Note: If you don't have cardboard boxes to keep weeds from growing, you can also use woven mulch like this one. Please note that the "cardboard box" method has worked really well for us. Now we use it all the time!

4. And now you can add the potting soil ! We used a good special vegetable patch.

Note: For better drainage, you can also lay a layer of pebbles or straw. But it is not obligatory (we did not do it for our parterre).

Results

There you go, too easy! Now you know how to do it your own raised vegetable garden :-)

My daughter chose to plant onions, cilantro, tomatoes, carrots and lots of beautiful flowers.

She loves her new vegetable garden! And I am super satisfied with this easy little arrangement for our garden!

If you want to customize your raised bed, you can also to paint Where paste mosaic on your concrete blocks before putting your plants in the ground.

In the beginning, to make our vegetable garden labels, we used simple plastic spoons and a permanent marker. But since then, we have discovered this great trick with caps to make adorable labels for the vegetable garden. Look :

My daughter is super proud of her new garden. Now she can't wait to reap the rewards of her hard work.

I have to admit ... of all the gardening projects I have tried, this little raised bed is by far the easiest :-)

And it really works! We are super happy with the result. Not a single weed in sight, which means that the "cardboard box" method is very effective. Admire the result:

Moreover, we are so delighted with the result that we plan to make another flowerbed, but 3 times larger! So who wants some good cilantro from the garden? :-)

Your turn...

Have you tried this trick for making a raised garden? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to hear from you!

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