OK, lmf here goes....I used to have a 50' X 25' garden, but tilling and weeding became just too much trouble. So I found these Western Cedar Raised Garden Boxes on the Internet and they wanted almost $1,000 for the kit!! I said...no way, so because they were dumb enough to provide detailed pictures and instructions I just went to a local hardware store bought the 1 X 8 Western Cedar, some 4 x 4 posts and post caps, some lag screws and proceded to build my own for about $200 total in materials using their plans. I even air-stapled landscape fabric(weed preventive) across the bottom of the boxes before placing them and filling them with soil to further prevent weeds. Heck, the Garden Mix soil from the landscaping place cost me more than that to fill them up(around $300). Anyhow, I have found these raised beds to produce well and require very little weeding(and that's pretty easy when it's necessary). I even rigged up soaker hoses in each box, cut and connected garden hose to each one from a three-way hose splitter mounted to the box on the left(see the middle picture of it) and all I do when there's lack of rain is connect the garden hose to the splitter and turn it on for a couple of hours. Below are some pictures of them empty right after building them and then recent pictures of each of them after the plants are producing:
Boxes just after building and filling with soil:
Right after planting:
Left Box With Beans(Royalty Purple Pod) and Okra:
Middle Box With Tomatoes:
Right Box With Cucumbers, Squash & Zucchini:
Let's see how well I followed your instructions.........not bad after following your directions!!! So, what do you guys think about my "city gardening"???
