Prepare the area of your yard where you will be building your brick raised garden beds.
Making a raised garden bed with bricks.
Make a mortar mix five parts building sand to one part cement.
Brick garden bed tip 4.
Remember that a brick bed is more permanent so plan.
The size is up to you.
Get the size right.
These should be placed with a small batch of mortar.
7 at each corner of the raised bed place the bricks in an l shape.
The soil underneath your new.
Brick garden bed tip 5.
My plan was to build raised beds with them just a few courses of bricks high.
A bed that s at least 6 inches high provides ease of access and gives roots plenty of room to grow.
How to do it set first bricks.
When you begin building your garden wall start with the two end bricks.
Each layer should be straight to prevent tipping or leaning.
Start with the end bricks.
How to build a brick raised garden bed without using cement step 1.
Starting with the sprayed straight edges lay the first course of blocks placing them on their longest end on a bed of mortar 5cm deep.
To keep it simple use the length of the brick to do your measurements.
Mix a small batch of mortar.
Set the first two bricks one at each end laying down a 1 inch thick bed.
Place the first layer of bricks end to end in a straight line with each brick placed snugly against the bricks on each side of it.
As you build your raised garden bed make a point to repeat the level check throughout the process.
To lay down a bed of mortar for a course of bricks first fully load your trowel.
Determine where to place the bed and how high it should be.
Once in place do a level check to make sure they are flat and even before you install the rest of the wall.
Building the garden bed the bed frame can be as simple as 2 x 4s on top of the ground or even patio retaining wall blocks.
If the length.
Keep in mind you can only naturally reach and tend to about 2 depth.
Clear and level the ground and measure the area you will be making a garden bed to estimate how many retaining wall bricks you will need.
Run a length of string between two pegs to help keep the blocks in a straight line.
Check the blocks are level with a spirit level.
Should any bricks be leftover from this endeavour we ll use them to complete the high wall at the end of the garden and build a few paths.
Raising a plant bed you can use bricks to create a plant bed that holds an area of nutrient rich soil with good drainage in areas that are unsuitable for gardening.