Dee Randall wrote:
> Since we are too old to think about gardening anymore (we took down the
> garden fences), we are thinking about something like this for a few
> non-spreading herbs. Someone at the assisted living apartments where f-i-l
> lives built this and I think it is something that we might be able to raise
> a few herbs without dealing with pots. (I really don't like all those
> separate pots.) I would put it near the house on a due south side. It
> would save stooping over for both of us.
> Dee Dee
>
> http://tinypic.com/et9jsm.jpg

That, or something similar, will certainly work. If you can find a
copy of the old (c. 1980) book "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel
Bartholomew you'll find useful info both about that kind of structure
and also about soil mixtures to use. -aem