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My plans to replace my garage with raised beds got derailed or at least delayed, but I got two anyway. This space in front of the shed had lots of irises, daylilies, and peonies that had to be moved, but I moved them.

a bed of irises, daylilies, and peonies, with some rocks, logs, and a shovel, in front of a very old shed

I had to take out a lot of soil to level the ground for the new raised bed. I outlined a 4' x 8' rectangle with old bricks, and put some leftover ceramic floor tiles between that rectangle and the shed. Then I measured the new raised bed, and learned that it is 4'3" x 8'1". So I had to take out some more soil. 4' x 8' is easy to do with bricks, even if you don't have enough of any one kind of brick. 4'3" x 8'1" is trickier, but fortunately if you have a lot of old bricks you are likely to have a variety of broken bricks to choose from.

large rectangle of bare soil outlined with bricks. there are large floor tiles on one side of the bricks

My husband and son put the new raised bed in place while I was at work and fortunately it fit!