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

This reminds me a lot of the raised garden bed built by one of the
homesteaders on the PBS series "Frontier House". It allowed for good
irrigation and air flow.

Jill