646 630 House & Garden General Gardening Gardening Techniques true Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:35:04 -0800 /system/videos/2/46/06/646.flv Patti Moreno, Urban Sustainable Living, raised beds, gardening, DIY, garden, livestock, city, farm How To Build a Raised Bed http://www.howcast.com/videos/646-How-To-Build-a-Raised-Bed http://www.howcast.com/videos/646-How-To-Build-a-Raised-Bed/edit approved 248 320 240 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=646"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=646" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 3 GardenGirl http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/646/5_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 1813 false false false 20407 1 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/646/22.jpg Get started Decide what material you’d like to use and how big you’d like the bed to be. Use recycled materials whenever possible.

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