Food SovereigntyRaised Beds
Building No-Dig Raised Beds That Last a Decade
How to Build No-Dig Raised Beds That Last 10 Years
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The Year-Round Harvest System
Four 4×8 rot-resistant cedar beds, corner hardware, landscape cardboard and a full season of drip line.
What you get out of it
Roughly $1,300 of grocery-equivalent produce off four beds in your first season — starting eight weeks after you fill them.
This is for you if…
- You want groceries you grew, not a hobby plot
- You have a sunny 20×20 patch or bigger
- You've killed a garden before and want a plan that doesn't rely on luck
What you get
- 4 × 4×8 rot-resistant cedar beds$520 value
- Corner hardware and fasteners$90 value
- Landscape cardboard and mulch plan$70 value
- Full season of drip line and timer$240 value
- Regional planting calendar$180 value
- Succession planting worksheet$150 value
- Soil recipe that skips bagged mix$130 value
Total value$1,380
Your price$689
Itemized, so you can check our math
- 4 × 4ft×8ft×12in cedar bed kits
- Through-bolted steel corner brackets
- 600 sq ft heavy cardboard sheeting
- 120 ft of 1/2in drip line + emitters
- Timer and pressure regulator
Specifications
- Bed depth: 12in
- Wood: rough-sawn western red cedar
- Assembly: 25 min per bed
- Soil needed: ~1.2 cu yd per bed
Why it's specified this way
Everything except the compost. The joinery hardware is the part most kits get wrong — these corners use through-bolted steel brackets so the beds stay square after ten freeze-thaw cycles.
"Two beds and four hens. I stopped buying eggs in March and produce in June. My grocery bill is down about a third and my kids eat things they used to refuse."
Marisol Reyes
Bloomington, Indiana
312 lbs harvested · 128 jars canned
$689$749
4.79 ★ from 128 reviews · In stock
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