Rant: spent 3 weekends building raised garden beds before I realized I had the boards on backward

Andrew Robinson · 2026-09-17T21:30:14.80879+00:00

So I built these 4x8 cedar raised beds for my mom's backyard in Tacoma, and I was so proud of them until she came out and asked why the nice side of the wood was facing the dirt. I had the rough faces out the whole time because I just grabbed boards off the stack without checking. Had to pull 32 screws out of each bed and flip every single board, which took me another full Saturday. My hands were so sore from the driver that I could barely hold my coffee the next morning. Has anyone else done something this dumb or is it just me?

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