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This may be the way to go for me because my garden across the street has become untenable -- a frustrating exercise in trying to keep out the resident donkeys, cows, sheep and goat. They trample seedlings, knock down barriers, and sooner or later eat (or ruin) anything that gets big enough. I can't afford a fence and it's not my land anyway. The place used to be a pumpkin farm, but now they just let the animals graze.
Anyway, with the removal of a few small trees I probably have enough sunlight now in the yard. The issue is ground cover. The sunniest spot has well-established periwinkle (myrtle) and an unknown number of poison ivy roots lurking underneath. I could probably build a raised bed, but in the long run it would either kill the myrtle or be re-colonized by it.
Can you move a raised bed to another spot next year? Then maybe the "used" spot could host annuals until the ground cover creeps back, which it will. Perhaps three spots in rotation. Anyone ever done this?
