Yesterday marked the completion of this long project to convert my entire garden to raised beds. The initial idea for this project came last August after voracious rabbits and other creatures destroyed my entire garden. I was inspired by an article in Better Homes and Gardens that showed a whole garden of raised beds.

There were three parts to the project. On March 31, I acquired and installed 6 raised planters from Lee Murdock’s brother. He was getting rid of them and I paid his landscaper to move them over. New Raised Planters | Mark’s Garden Blog

The next phase was to install a water spigot and hose rack in the garden. I ran a hose out to the garden and attached it to the new spigot, installed a lightweight hose to it and now I had water in the garden without having to drag a heavy hose across the lawn every time I wanted to water. New Water System | Mark’s Garden Blog

The third phase was to buy and assemble 15 metal raised beds, fill them with garden soil and finally to cover the paths between them with mulch.