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I made some raised garden beds for my backyard and I installed them on a

gentle slope. My name is AJ and you're watching Woodified! If I'd if this is your

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I'm using 2 by 8 unfinished spruce lumber from my local sawmill and it's a rough

finish on it. You can use finished lumber if you would like. With the rough cut

lumber you'll need to first square up one end of the board.

I started making cuts with my miter saw however the boards were too wide and I

needed to make multiple cuts. So I switched to my circular saw to make the

remaining cuts. I had previously ripped 2x4 studs in half or another project and

I had a few extra pieces left over. So I used them for corner supports. Since I

had the miter saw still set up outside I used it to cut the corner reinforcement

pieces and these are 8 inches long to match the width of the board and you'll

need one for each corner. With all the lumber cut to length you can start

assembling the garden box. I'm using three 3 and a half inch exterior

screws in each end. I made two garden boxes one is 2 feet wide, 8 feet long and

8 inches in height; and, the second garden box is 2 feet wide, 4 feet long and 8

inches in height. With the box screwed together I reinforce the corners with

blocks of wood. Be careful not to split your corner blocks. If you screw too

close to the end of the corner blocks you may split the wood. Pre-drilling

holes for the screws would help prevent splitting. I didn't pre-drill holes and

ended up splitting two of my blocks which I had to go back and replace those.

I will be growing raspberries and strawberries in my raised garden boxes.

You could grow whatever you would like. Lay the garden box on the slope with the

uphill side on the ground lift the downhill end of the

box up until the box is level. My box measured 11 inches. Since my box is only

8 inches wide I dug the uphill end of the box down 8 inches and built up the

downhill end 3 inches. With a garden box on the ground I cut through the sod all the way around

the box and then I removed their grass. Once the grass has been removed dig the

soil away so the garden box will lay level. With the soil removed and the

garden box in place check that all the sides are level. If your slope is steeper

you could build a second garden box and put it on top. And if you build a second

layer make your corner blocks as long as the two layers are deep and this will

fix your two garden boxes together. I used this method on a steep section in my

backyard where I stepped 3 double high garden boxes down the hill. If you liked

this video please hit the thumbs up button! and if you make your own raised

garden boxes let me know! Leave me a comment down below! See you in the next

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