📘 Guides2 guides
Beds guides
Short reads on building and planning raised beds, each with a checklist and a link to the tool.
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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
Arithmetic and a printable sheet
The tools
- 🪚 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 beds toolsPlan a wooden raised bed: how many boards to buy, where to cut them, how tall the bed ends up and how much soil it will hold.See the section