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)

Looks Great! Sturdy and Solid
Had a dead space trying to figure out how to get some color in the blank space then came across this. It has no bottom and has cross supports on the inside. It took a lot of garden mulch and potting soil but the plants love it! Love the color and perfect height. Easy to put together at a great price!

The good outweighs the be
The good: once put together they are great. The bracing is frustrating to install and the amount is overkill but it makes them sturdy.The bad: someone designing these decided they needed to be made of (12) 1 foot sections on the sides, that require 4 screws on each connection. If you put together 2 of them, your fingertips will be bruised and sore for days. (I had 12 to build)

Good Value
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.

No directions, missing parts.
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.

Putting this garden bed together is really a two man job and you should use tools. None are provided so I just put it together with my hands (be sure to wear gloves when handling the metal pieces!) Took several hours to assemble alone but one I got it all ready it holds soil nicely and looks great! I hope to have many years of use from this!

The directions are poor but common sense will finish it. Seems to be fairly manufactured and decent gauge considering the price. Design is good. We bought two and are doing away with two ends and joining the two into one for our space. Also we sprayed painted the bolt ends in black so they are hidden, just a different look that we liked better. Great value

Nice product for the money. Construction details do leave one guessing.