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The Dirt's Raised Garden Bed

Original Content  |  March 12, 2009
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The completed beds.

After my wife cleared out some of the waste, I dug a few inches into the ground to give the wood frames a subterranean foundation. We placed the frames down and spread the soil evenly inside each box.

Photo: Fritz Lenneman

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