Update: My raised bed in Portland collapsed after a heavy rain

I built a 4-foot by 8-foot cedar raised bed last spring, filling it with a popular local soil mix. After a big storm in October, the whole side wall blew out, dumping soil onto my pathway. Everyone says to just use more screws, but I think the real issue was not accounting for the lateral pressure from wet soil. Has anyone else in a rainy climate tried a different bracing method?

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robinson.wren24d ago

Couldn't it just be cheap wood?

the_margaret24d ago

Was my last project that obvious?

simon_coleman17d ago

Try a different stain next time, maybe.