U Shaped Raised Bed Garden

This isn't a home made raised bed, but I have to post it up because it has some good ideas for construction.  The original is a $600 kit that you can buy from Northern Tool and Equipment.

• There is a vinyl-coated mesh fencing for the built in trellis along the back side.
• The soaker hose has a holder to make it easier to water specific areas that need more water than what is provided by the irrigation system.
• I'm assuming the raised height is about the height of an average table.  That puts it at 30".  This would make it easier on the back.
• Walk-through gate is nice to keep pets out of the area.  I'm lucky mine doesn't like to eat the vegetables I grow.

Stacking Landscape Timber To Make A Garden

Not sure where I came across this photo of a garden where someone used what looks like landscaping timbers.  

Even though this looks like a stock photo it still has some good ideas.

• Like a lot of raised bed gardens that use multiple layers of stacked wood, the joints are alternating.
• I'm assuming there is some type of post or metal rod, possibly rebar, that pins the corners together.
• It looks to be about a foot high
• This makes it good for planting deeper rooted vegetables like carrots an turnips
• Similar to other photos I've seen, the area around the beds is covered with mulch.

Beautifuly Constructed Raised Bed Garden

I was looking around in Flickr and found Kristin's raised bed garden. 

Looks like they're going to drop the bed about 2-3 inches below the surface.  Good idea.

Raised Garden Bed Ideas From Washington State

I found a post where this guy went to Washington State, and while there saw some raised bed gardening ideas from a restraunt.  The site has more detailed images.

Some good ideas were things like

• Drip irrigation
• 1x8 and 4x4 construction
• From the pictures it looks like the beds were about 21" high
• They used gravel around the beds
• Lastly there was a picture of pots that were partially in the ground.

 I'm thinking of doing some pots in the ground, and like the way they used plastic containers instead of expensive clay ones.