greyebeard wrote:

I am getting ready to build a couple of 4 x 12 foot raised garden
boxes. Any pointers or suggestions. Mostly will be for tomatoes,
onions, garlic, and kitchen herbs ( cilantro, rosemary, oregano, etc

Do some soil preparation under the bed first. Tomatoes are
deep-rooted, sometimes sending their roots several feet down.
Rosemary is a woody shrub that also has deep roots.

If gophers or ground squirrels are a problem in your area, line
the bed with 1/4 inch galvanized wire mesh, bringing the mesh all
the way up the sides to the top of the frame. You can put the
mesh on the surface under the raised portion Tomatoes and
rosemary (and anything else) will send their roots down through
the mesh. The plants can survive if those lower roots are
sometimes nibbled, but the varmints are really most interested in
the thicker roots that will be protected.

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