This is the raised bed that Tony and I built to house my garden. It was fairly simple to do. The frame is built using untreated red cedar 2 x 6'es, nailed into corner pieces of untreated red ceder 4 x 4'es. The finished size of the raised bed is 8 feet long by 3.5 feet wide and 12" deep. I inserted a cross piece at the 4' mark of the length side, set 3" below the top of the bed, for stability. The 4 x 4 corner pieces are 18" in length and the entire box is 'sunk' about 4 " into the ground. I chose to use red cedar because it was the only wood I could find locally that was untreated. Everything else seemed to have be treated with creosote, or some other kind of wood preserver. According to my research the red cedar will withstand the elements for at least 10 years, and I don't have to worry about chemicals leaching into my vegetables.
With regards to the soil: I filled the box with about 400 litres of soil. I made my own mixture of soil that was 4 parts basic soil : 3 parts Sea Soil : 3 parts mushroom manure. I think this will be a great mixture, very fertile and well retaining of mositure.
For more information on Sea Soil check out there website.
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