Winter is coming to an end here in the San Francisco Bay Area; we can typically count on another month of the rainy season before the dry season begins. This is the time when I start thinking about my vegetable garden. It’s a tiny plot – an 8 feet by 4 feet raised garden bed. It doesn’t take much work, but enables me to enjoy the pleasure of planning what to grow, then planting, harvesting, and eating our “crops.”
A few years ago I commissioned our son, Jason, to build the garden box when he was home from the University of Alaska on summer break. After some research, we decided to use the classic Sunset plan for a raised garden bed. We built the box using redwood planks and coated deck screws, for about $175, plus labor. The result is a sturdy and beautiful garden box that should last for years. The raised bed ensures good drainage, something our clay soil cannot provide.
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| Assembling the garden box. |
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| Drilling detail. |
You can obtain the raised garden bed plan, and see pictures, on the Sunset website: http://www.sunset.com/garden/perfect-raised-bed-00400000039550/. Next week – gopher proofing!
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