Cinder Block Flower Bed
Planning your flower bed.
Cinder block flower bed. These cinder blocks are 8 x8 x16 from home depot. Raised beds increase the chances of success for first time gardeners embarking on this new journey. Feb 25 2019 explore jennifer ingram s board cinder block garden followed by 161 people on pinterest. Building a concrete block raised bed is easy and inexpensive.
Stack also the cinder blocks for outstanding looking vertical planters and stack the concrete blocks for visually captivating succulent or flower garden on your patio or porch. In this article we will explore 15 different ways that you can use a cinderblock in your garden. I called these cinder blocks but they are actually concrete blocks. For 50 years though.
If you want a symmetrical look to your beds measure the block you are going to use so will know how many blocks to buy. Raised beds can be made from all kinds of materials but i love the idea of using cinder blocks because they have many advantages of their own first they won t deteriorate like wood and other materials will. See more ideas about cinder block garden cinder block cinder. Get inspired by some.
Build also raised flower or vegetable beds with cinder blocks and also use the single cinder block planters as coffee or dining table centerpieces. The long sides of the garden bed have eight cinder blocks and the ends have three for a total of 22 cinder blocks per raised bed. Learn how to build a raised garden bed with concrete blocks aka cinder blocks with this super simple concrete block raised bed design and easy to follow step by step instructions for making your own diy raised garden beds. First we laid out the cinder blocks where we wanted them.
Second they are built to stack so it is easier and quicker to create a raised bed with blocks than with most other materials. Concrete blocks often called cinder blocks are a common material used to create a raised bed system. Raised beds don t necessarily need a lot of structure but they do help contain the soil and nutrients. Before starting to lay the cinder blocks you must first decide where the beds should go.
Cinder blocks haven t been mass produced with fly ash in the u s. Unless you re using antique cinder blocks there should be no reason to worry especially when cinder block gardening for vegetables.