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Comment by Lorie Bowlin Friedmann on June 6, 2012 at 1:25am

Excellent raised beds, I particularly like that you used recycled "Amish" lumber. In my Tucson garden I used cement blocks and laid cement pavers on top. A real pain to dig down and level, but worth it. I, too battled bermuda grass by keeping the pathways clear from weeds getting into the beds. It was one of the my best gardens. Since moving to Phoenix, I've switched to gardening in horse troughs to keep desert rabbits out. And the next challenge was to tent and cover one  with bird netting to keep thirsty birds from eating the tomatoes - but, now the netting and vines to tackle...

Comment by Donna L Burks on May 19, 2012 at 9:04am

Nice raised beds. We recycled scrap lumber from construction sites to build ours. Not as pretty as the cedar lumber but it works.  Have had much more success in keeping the weeds down using raised beds. We also tacked lanscaping fabric to the bottom to keep the weeds out.  It keeps the beds virtually weed free and allows the water to drain freely. Nice job on yours!

Comment by L. Wray Dillard on May 12, 2012 at 8:08pm

I had little confidence that my Bermuda grass would actually die. I assumed it would quickly work its way up thru the beds and I would never be able to control it. I've had issues with purple Nutsedge which will bore through 3 inches of asphalt. Have had two sprigs of Nutsedge appear in my beds already.

Comment by Barbara Brown Z8 Al. on May 12, 2012 at 6:40pm

Nice beds, but digging out the grass was alot of extra work.  Newspapers would have killed it.  It killed my grass in my raised beds.