In this video we describe the construction of one of the twelve four foot by twelve foot garden beds we are making in our new garden. We decided on 4x4, pressure treated lumber to make our beds. I know there is some controversy regarding pressure treated wood in garden beds, but since they moved to a copper only fungicide rather than the copper arsenic fungicide studies have shown them to be safe. We opted to use full wood beds as opposed to metal beds both for esthetic reasons but also because the wood offers much more thermal insulation, keeping the beds more even in temperature during Ohio's large temperature swings in Spring and Fall. We will be adding hardware cloth to the bottom of the beds prior to filling them with soil/compost to prevent burrowing animals from getting in the beds. We are also adding drip irrigation to each bed. Look for these details in future videos!
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