Tools:

Drill (required)

Circular saw (optional)  

Staple Gun (optional) 

Lumber:

We purchased 2"x12"x16' untreated boards, untreated 4"x4" posts, 48" landscaping cloth and 3" deck screws from a local hardware shop.

It takes 1 and a 1/2 boards to make these 4X8 beds.  That means 12 boards will make 8 beds.

If you prefer to make smaller beds then you will need to re-adjust length/quantity of boards. 

Screws: 32 

3 inch "Star Drive" deck screws

*These include a drill bit* 

The 2"x12" board were cut in 4' and 8' pieces.   

The 4"x4" posts were cut in 11.25" pieces.

If you don't have a circular saw (or want to make the boards easier to handle) I suggest having the people at the shop cut your boards. 

The 11.25" pieces of 4x4 post were attached  

to the ends of the 2x12x8 pieces with the  

3" deck screws. *4 screws per board per corner* 32 screws total 

3 Sides up and ready for the 4th

After taking the 4' and 8' boards to the garden the 4' and 8' boards were assembled so that the 4' boards covered the ends of the 8' boards with their attached posts.   

This gave the assembled bed a 4'x8' OUTSIDE dimension so the landscaping cloth could be attached to one side with staples.

Raised Bed with weed blocker on the bottom

If you have gofers, you might consider laying down fine mesh wire below your beds.  We used landscaping cloth or "weed blocker" since we laid the beds down on vegetation. 

The assembled bed was then placed cloth down and filled with good, organic soil with plenty of Organic Nutrients added to the beds.