Why I love my raised garden bed...

This year is the first year for me to use the raised garden bed my husband made me last fall. I love it. I definitely prefer it over my regular fenced in garden.
I find it is much easier to maintain as you don't have to bend down as far. I have found that I can fit a lot of things in this garden bed/box using what I call the shoulder planting method (basically planting all the plants closer together). I like this method as weeds just aren't that prevalent. There isn't much room for them to grow amidst the lush vegetation!

My new Raised Garden Bed...

My husband recently completed my raised garden bed! (Thanks honey!) He did such a great job. I am so pleased with it. I can't wait to plant in it next spring.

PROJECT Begins: (at the very back of our yard)


AFTER Completed: (just awaiting more soil)

New project: Making a raised garden bed

I am excited to soon be adding a raised garden bed for next year!
My husband is going to be adding some much needed drainage pipe to our yard and we came up with a productive use for the extra soil!

We are going use landscape timbers to make a raised garden bed in the area where our girl's playset use to sit. After we have constructed the raised garden bed we can then dump the extra soil right in!
The following is good video on making a raised garden bed.