🧺 Section1 tool1 printable sheet
Beds
Size the bed, then list the boards and cut them once. The board sizes come from the federal lumber standard, and each tool has a sheet to take to the lumber yard.
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Tools and records
- 🪚 CalculatorRaised bed lumber calculatorHow many boards to buy for a wooden raised bed, and where to cut them: side lengths, a board-by-board cut plan, corner posts and the soil it will hold.Open the tool
- 🧺 SectionAll soil and mulch toolsRaised-bed soil, mulch, compost and topsoil calculators that give cubic feet, cubic yards and bag counts, using bag sizes printed by the makers.See the section
- 🗺️ SectionAll zones toolsFind your 2023 USDA hardiness zone and your NOAA frost dates by zip code, with a printable hardiness log and a frost date card.See the section
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Guides
📘 Know-howHow tall to build a raised bed: real board heights and the depths extension pages giveTwo 2x6 boards make an 11 inch bed, enough on open ground for most crops. When to go to 16 1/2 or 24 inches, and what each extra board costs in lumber and soil.Read the guide 
📘 Know-howInside vs outside: why a 4 x 8 raised bed holds less soil than you thinkA 4 x 8 ft frame of 2x lumber is 93 x 45 inches inside, about 29 square feet of soil. How to measure, what it does to your soil order and your cut list.Read the guide
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