Comments on: Our Raised Bed Garden http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=81 Coverin the bases in Miz Judi's Kitchen Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: admin http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=81#comment-22 admin Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:25:24 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=81#comment-22 Hey Chris, thanks for dropping by, and a good question! I don’t know, I didn’t think about that? No, I’m kidding. With the weight of the cross-ties we’ve used, I don’t think that not having them fastened together will make any difference at all. They’re only single stacked. If we would have double-stacked or gone even higher, I would have fastened them. All you’d need to do though, is to drill holes in the ties spaced I’m guessing 3-4 foot apart. Be sure to put one in each corner for sure though! Then get some 18″ to 24″ concrete re-bar, or all thread rod and drive them down through the ties into the ground. Problem solved! If we would have used anything smaller for our border, 4×4′s or landscape timbers I would have anchored them down. Again these cross-ties are fairly heavy. I’ll be shocked to see them move around. Thanks for asking and I hope this helped you out! Dub Hey Chris, thanks for dropping by, and a good question!

I don’t know, I didn’t think about that? No, I’m kidding.

With the weight of the cross-ties we’ve used, I don’t think that not having them fastened together will make any difference at all. They’re only single stacked. If we would have double-stacked or gone even higher, I would have fastened them. All you’d need to do though, is to drill holes in the ties spaced I’m guessing 3-4 foot apart. Be sure to put one in each corner for sure though! Then get some 18″ to 24″ concrete re-bar, or all thread rod and drive them down through the ties into the ground. Problem solved!
If we would have used anything smaller for our border, 4×4′s or landscape timbers I would have anchored them down. Again these cross-ties are fairly heavy. I’ll be shocked to see them move around.
Thanks for asking and I hope this helped you out!
Dub

]]> By: Chris McWilliams http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=81#comment-14 Chris McWilliams Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:42:28 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=81#comment-14 How did you hold the railroad ties together on your raised bed garden? How did you hold the railroad ties together on your raised bed garden?

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