Cheap ways to make raised beds

Raised beds can be made from just about any material that will hold soil.

Some of the cheapest materials are in fact, the best. 

It’s a good ideal whatever material you are making your raised bed from. To plan to have the top wide enough to form a seat to sit on as you
are working on the bed. 

Used bricks and breeze blocks are cheap or even free. Breeze blocks laid on their side can make a good cheap and safe raised bed and form a seat to sit and garden from.

Old planks  nailed or screwed around a simple frame of corner stakes that
have been well hammered in is cheap and very simple to make.

TOP TIP: Hay or straw
bales are interesting and
well worth a try. I have included some hay bail garden tips
on my page hay bale garden  

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Old tyres can be used too, two or three car or lorry tyres can be stacked on top of each other making really cheap raised beds  to
grow vegetables in.  

Rubber tyres are particularly good for growing stuff in, They absorb the heat in the morning and radiate it off at night, this helps keep the plants warm and encourage growth.  

For stability and safety the tyre stack should be held in place with stakes hammered in around the inside.

Sawn timber is a fairly low cost material for making raised garden beds.

Any old container that’s stable and deep enough to allow space for roots to spread.  Potatoes grow and do particularly well in old plastic buckets.

Old pre formed garden ponds are a cheap way to make a raised garden beds. Make sure the liner is firmly set on blocks or bricks to to make it stable and to get the
desired height. Then, drill or hammer a few holes in the bottom for drainage. Now, add a layer of gravel and the top soil.