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Re: And the winner of April's photo challenge is...

I love your raised beds. You have inspired us to build such nice looking containers. We are going to use your idea of 2x4s and corrugated tin. I see you have them set on rocks. We are going to add wheels to ours so that we can easily move them to other locations as we continue to design our space.

Any suggestions on how you re-enforced the inside of the containers? We are going to have the bottom made with boards running across the bottom but spaced so that any extra water can drain through and use mesh wiring so that we don't lose the dirt.

Thanks for the pics and congrats!

posted: 11:53 am on May 25th