Alternatives To Raised Garden Beds. A cheaper alternative is cement block which has also grown in popularity thanks to YouTube. For example you can grow potatoes in straw bales.
In our opinion the best form of a raised garden bed is a swale Hugelkultur bed built on contour. All that is necessary is to seal off around the edge of each pallet to form a box. There is no assembly required but be sure to drill some drainage holes in the bottom before you add the soil.
Compared to the lumber needed to construct a raised garden out of wood cinder blocks are much more inexpensive in comparison.
If you want to give your raised beds an irregular shape this will surely give your garden an interesting look. All that is necessary is to seal off around the edge of each pallet to form a box. See our article on Hugelkultur. To dig in raised garden beds we needed only four tools.
