The adventures of building a raised garden bed! Come with me on this journey.

So after a good five to six months of growing a variety of seeds at home I've decided to move from the small pots and planters to the soil, and since I have the space and plenty of surplus wood from prior projects I figured I'd build a #RaisedGardenBed. I don't know why I hastaged that... I need to get away from intsagram.

Okay, that begin said! Here is what I got going on in my garden. Check it out!!

Here is a pic of my lil' dudes out growing their homes.

Eggplant, Peppers, Onions, and some Lychees!

Three different style peppers, Rosemary and Arugula. 

And some more peppers (Cachucha) and tomatoes, with some Citronella. 

Lets begin!

So I decided to build the bed around a palm tree in my back yard, which was pretty much wasted space, also the area gets plenty of sunlight! So it was a no brainer, any other area would have been under the shadow of my enormous oak tree.

I started by building a box frame around my palm.

The sticks you see around the area are wooden stakes, like the ones used for killing vampires right?! You can find them at most local hardware stores, they normally come in packs of about 9. I'll be using this badboys to map out the area and to drill the frame to the stakes for support!

Now that I have my steaks.... hehe, STAKES! in place, I'll start drillin'

Here is what it looked like after day one, had to stop due to a lack of wood. What your looking at it four wood stakes with a frame of 2x4 pressure treated wood. And a 2x8 of pressure treated wood on top of that.

After a quick run to the lumber shop I'm back to work!
Lets get drilling.

added an extra stake in the center of the front 2x8 for rigidity. 

And after a absurd amount of mosquito bites and about a gallon of water lost through sweat, this is the almost finished product!

Got a little over 11'' of dept, and the area that it covers is 8' 2" x 5' 3".

The screws I used are 2.5" course thread.

Later this week I'll dump in the soil and start transplanting!

Thanks for checking out the post, I wish you luck with your gardening adventures!