Land Guard 8ft Galvanized Raised Garden Bed Kit, Raised Garden Boxes Outdoor, Oval Metal Raised Garden Beds for Vegetables, Silver,108 Gallon Capacity(with 10 Connecting rods)

We have purchased 8 of these raised beds. They're a good value.I am a 63 year old grandmother. I was able to assemble and install these beds with simple hand tools most of you have on hand.1. Easy to Assemble: There is a lot of assembly required, but it isn't difficult. I assembled them in the evenings as I relaxed in front of the wood stove. You need quite a bit of patience, and the following tools make the job easier: a phillip's head screwdriver, a 11 mm wrench and a 3/8 in wrench. About one in 4 raised beds has an awkward fitting with no extra fitting to replace it. A tiny spritz of clp saves the day.2. Easy to Install: I installed them on very uneven ground, using soil from the surrounding area. The easiest way to level the beds was to go ahead and use a level. (Duh!) Seriously, subjectively guessing didn't work nearly as well as just breaking out a level. It eliminated readjustments and made the job "one and done." As I added the first 3 inches of soil I leveled each bed relative to the previous bed, then leveled it from side to side and end to end. Far easier than it sounds.3. Easy to Modify: Note that one of the beds I installed was 6 feet long. We bought eight 8 foot beds. Because these beds come in pieces, it's a simple matter to make a 6 foot bed and a 10 foot bed from two 8 foot bed kits. We'll use the 10 foot bed in another application.

Just put these together and I really like them. I like the pale yellow color. It's a nice muted butter yellow. They are not super heavy duty, but they are very comparable to what most raised beds that you would put together would be made of.For some reason when I bought these I thought they came in a set of two, but it only comes with one (that was completely my fault, no idea why I thought that). But I liked them enough that I bought the second one. It took about an hour to put the first one together because we made a few minor mistakes. So I have a few pictures to help someone else hopefully not make the same mistakes.You want to put the five rounded pieces together first without putting any of the bars in the middle. We put a bar in that first flat panel the first time. Also always make sure the panels are overlapping the same direction. And the rods go in the second hole and the bottom hole in the panels.My husband also tightened everything with power tools which helped speed the process. All the screws and bolts worked for us. We had no problem with that and we did have extra at the end.The size and depth I believe will work perfect for what I am planting (beans, peas, cucumbers, carrots, radishes). I'm going to see how they do this year (my husband doesn't know this yet) but I will probably be buying more for next year's planting season!!We also put a little cardboard and mulch in the bottom and then it took about 10 yards of dirt for each 8 foot container.

Have redone my entire garden w metal raised beds like this. Only thing I don't really like is that the "nuts" for the supporting arms are too long, and stick out too far, luckily I have left over nuts that I can use instead for this. Other than that, easy to put together, I did in sections of three panels, and then finished assembly on the spot it sits now. Looks nice, quality parts, quick project. These beds are lightweight galvanized tin like grain bibs, and will last a long time outside. Height is a nice foot tall for good roots on a huge variety of plants, this will be 100% functioning as a bed for peas n beans.

First thing you should know, is that 19 lb box is all there is, do not make the mistake of looking for a second box. Everything is in the first box..Took about a half hour to install with all the bolts and nuts, and yes, you do have a few left over. It’s best to assemble half of the box at a time, but do not tighten all the nuts down at once, give yourself a little bit of wiggle room.How long gonna last that’s a different story and won’t know for a while.

I must have misread the description because I thought this was 2 feet high, but it's only 1'. I had wanted it to help keep rabbits out of my green beans, but this isn't going to be high enough to do that. It's also not the most attractive planter, but should serve its purpose now that it's finally put together. The putting together was harder than it needed to be because there are virtually not directions. What the manufacturer seems to think should pass for directions is a printed sheet of paper listing the parts and a drawing of the planter with the parts labeled.Parts were another problem. Mine came with one defective bolt, it had no drive on the top so there was no way to insert a screwdriver in it to screw it in. As it turns out, I didn't need that bolt because I was also missing several of the cross supports. I ended up using the cross supports on the top and then only had 3 cross supports for the bottom. Since the supports come in two pieces, that means I was missing FOUR of these. How does it happen then this was packaged with four missing pieces? They were tied together in two bundles. with plastic ties, so they are likely made in bunches of a certain amount in each bunch, (should have been ten in each bunch) and the ties on mine were tight with no room for any more, so this was made this way at the factory. They didn't accidentally fall out. That would have been obvious as the ties would have been loose if some of them had fallen out. Perhaps the manufacturer should include a couple extra parts to accommodate for the odd defective part, and have some quality control so that whoever is putting the bunches of dividers together, counts them properly.I have the planter put together now and it took much longer than it should have, because of the lack of directions and missing and faulty parts. It is not as stable as it should be because of the missing parts, so time will tell how long it will hold together.