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Yes, yes, yes! The older I get the more sense it makes to bring the earth up to me, since now for me to get down there involves, at some point, a block-&-tackle to get back up. I've got 2 so far, one for my herbs and one for 3 blueberry bushes (sticks, babies); I'm erecting 5 more (4 long ones, 8'x4, and one 4x4 for a rose). My upcoming birthday present will be a good planting soil mix, to be amended my with home-made compost. The herb bed was constructed from the kit I got from Lee Valley Tools; the others are willow hurdles I bought from -- I think it is -- mastergardenerproducts.com. If you google "willow raised beds" you'll find them. The design has not changed in 600 years, something of a plus as far as I'm concerned. I've coated them all with the linseed oil/turpentine recommended to prolong them. Of course, you have to be something of a throwback to do it this way. That, & wanting to be able to put them together myself--the Lee Valley kit, which is quite wonderful & very nice to look at, involves heaving & muscling 16" square pavers about. Vs a willow hurdle weighing maybe 4. 5 lb. Raised beds rock!
