We've been talking about planting vegetable gardens in raised beds here on Garden Variety and I guess I thought you would build them of wood.
Maybe not.
Gardener's Supply catalog has, new this year, raised beds made from strips of galvanized sheet metal.
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Since farmers use the material for watering troughs and outbuildings, it makes sense to use it to form the sides of raised beds.
Photo courtesy of Gardener's Supply
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The steel beds some in two sizes, 3 feet by 3 feet for $65 and 3 feet by 6 feet for $100.
The beds are 10 inches deep, which is pretty generous, and no tools are required to assemble them.