RE: query: start-up costs

J* N* H*

In our smaller gardens on bad soil, we often build raised beds that are 4'
by 8' and a foot deep.  We use recycled plastic landscape timbers that are
about 3" thick.  It takes 12 timbers, 4 of them cut in half, plus about 30
6" galvanized twist deck spikes to make one bed.  It holds just over 1 yard
of soil.  I figure a little over $100 per bed when I'm budgeting.  There are
cheaper ways to do raised beds - making them bigger, for instance - but this
size is very solid and easy to build.  A group of people can pick them up
and move them after they have been constructed.  They make a nice manageable
unit within the garden.
Good luck.
Jack Hale

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Subject: [cg] query: start-up costs

I am working on a proposal for a community garden.  I need to make a budget
and wonder if anyone can answer these questions:

1. Exactly what lumber and other materials are needed to build a raised bed,
say a series of raised rows to cover most of a lot (I don't have the
dimensions yet, so let's say its 25 by 40)

2. How many yards of soil do you need per square yard of garden?

Many thanks!

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