We have done a lot of work since four years ago. I am upgrading the raised beds. I am purchasing 2-foot-high galvanized steel raised beds. Four feet by eight feet. We have 4 of them already. They run about a hundred bucks each, so it is a pay-as-you-go project. We will end up with about 9. The problem is filler. We don't want to be burdened with filling the beds with 64 square feet of soil! We use several kinds of filler, including tree trunks and branches, old boxes filled with year-old leaves, bags of leaves, and other refuse. I fill the 24-inch deep beds to about 16 inches with the filler and then top it off with soil, black kow, and compost. We already have two beds planted with carrots, rutabaga, and kale. Barbara may have some cabbage planted which is her favorite. Other beds have brassicas like greens. Broccoli and cauliflower have not done well here, so we stopped trying. We live in SC so a winter garden is doable... but we do cover things if a hard freeze comes along.
