My wonderful Hubby helped me to set this up last summer. We did recently learn that you can staple some chicken wire to the bottom before setting it down and filling with dirt to help keep gophers and moles from getting to them. Something we will be doing to the next one. This is a 4 x 8 tiered bed. After working with it for a year, I would advise not having them connected. This is very hard to get to the plants in the center.

Here are the supplies we used. This was actually before I learned that Monsanto owned Miracle Grow. I will not buy their products any longer. I make my own soil for containers and I’m also adding in organic matter such as grass clippings and such to increase whats in the bed.

You need a lot of soil to fill in your garden.

First build your frame so you can mark where you need to cut the sod away.

Now you need to remove the top layer of sod. We tried transplanting ours but it didn’t survive.

This was really tough with Clay soil. Good thing I had a big strong hubby to help.

Now is a good time to attach the chicken wire to the bottom of the frame if you wish. Then put it in place.

Next fill with your soil and compost mix. You can also add any time release fertilizers you want at this time as well.

Now the fun can begin! Plant away! This is my summer of 2012 garden.

Now for the fun!

and here is my current Garden in the same bed.

All the empty spots are where the Onions had been harvested

Hope you have fun with this! Would love to see pics of your raised beds! Post your links below!