I bought the standing raised bed for my mother and mother in law. We’ve set up my mom’s already and I was surprised by how fun it was for the whole family to put together. I will treasure the memories that came from this project. My 4 year old son matched the letters on the parts together with my 70 year old mom who has limited mobility. The 10 month old loved shaking it for structural integrity! My father joked we should have used it for a bassinet when she was a newborn.
It comes with beeswax to melt with an oil to seal the inside. There wasn’t much detail about the sealing process. We brushed 1 coat of mineral oil on the inside and then melted mineral oil and beeswax as a final coat on the interior. Nicole sells a mineral wash on the website that sounds like it would be perfect to order at the same time and significantly simplify the sealing process.
The bed is very thoughtfully designed. Pay attention to the letters on the wood pieces; the letters on the top pieces are smaller so that the post caps will cover them.
Nicole sends you just about everything you need other than the dirt! We used three 2 cu ft bags of organic potting soil. The book, seeds, ruler and tags made everything simple and lux!
This was expensive but has a nice soothing shape. It slides into the dirt easily.
The shipment was a problem. First the smaller items were delivered but documents showed the order was complete. This led to a search on how to contact support. Luckily the confusion happened. Because upon contacting a representative they first explained the actual raised bed would ship later to complete the order. I informed them that I had also ordered the tool set. They looked it up and realized they had missed that on the order and would ship it in a couple days.
I have had it for about 20 days but have not opened up the boxes. I’ve been very busy and once I open it, I wanna be able to make it put it together and plant my kitchen garden. I’m so excited to get started. I think it will be fabulous.
Great seed variety plus a pair of garden gloves. Love it all!