Raised Herb Garden

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Comment by Ronald Benefield on April 22, 2015 at 8:11am

For the sideboards, I used 2 pocket holes per board, 4 total.  If you're using straight 2x10"s then 3 would be plenty.  The reason I used 4 was because I joined the 2 boards, the wood was cheaper then using the 2x10"s

Comment by Ronald Benefield on April 22, 2015 at 8:09am

I ended up using the 2" screws for any connections to the 4x4. 2 1/2" will be fine.  I'm not sure I really needed them, but after almost a year, it's held together strong.  I'll send an updated picture once I replant this weekend.

Comment by Mike Goetzke on April 21, 2015 at 2:38pm

Ronald - I'm building a ground level raised bed garden similar in construction to your herb garden. I have a couple of questions:

1) what did you use to keep the 4x4 corners proud of the screwed in side boards? (many times I have issues with the board wanting to walk in the direction you are driving the screw)

2) I'm attaching 2x10's to the posts and I'm using the large 2-1/2" #14 heavy duty screws. Do you think I will need 2 or three screws at the attachment points?

Thanks,

Mike