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Blocks for making raised beds?
Subversive_plot:
I've been planning 3 raised beds for a while, decided to try these concrete "planter blocks" as a quick means of constructing raised beds (see photos). They are meant to be used with 2×4 (or ×6) lumber for the walls. There is a central hole that accommodates rebar in case you want to stack the blocks and keep them together.
My first impression is that they make construction pretty simple, nothing more than cutting and fitting the wood into the blocks unless you have odd angles to work with. Genius, IMO.
Just curious if something like this is available in the UK, has anyone tried them? What do you think?
Growster...:
I haven't seen anything like that over here, SP, but they may be in some specialist garden centres!
Years ago, I used to sell concrete garden paving etc., (as well as whole motorways), when gardening was a 'new' hobby (seventies), and any enlightened manufacturer would try a new idea back then, but, these - not so far! Derbyshire Paving's 'innovation' was drystone, chopped from a normal coloured slab, and turned inside out!
I like the idea of your blocks, you can move them around, change the height etc, and seem very versatile!
New shoot:
I have not seen them for sale here in the UK either. Maybe because we don’t have many buildings constructed with wood other than sheds and other garden buildings. I think it is hard to get insurance for timber walled homes here :unsure:
They do look really useful though. I bet they would be very popular for raised beds if people could get them.
mumofstig:
Very interesting Sp
Anybody here, remember those 1960s? block walls that had the see-through pattern to them?
I can't for the life of me remember what they were called, but, IIRC they had corner posts built from blocks with cut outs in them on 2 sides, very similar to those in the pic..
Subversive_plot:
The blocks are made by Oldcastle. I looked and found a website where someone in the UK mentions Oldcastle planter blocks: https://somergardens.co.uk/2018/11/05/how-to-raised-bed-garden-easy-way-planter-wall-blocks/
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