I have four raised beds 20 feet long and 3 feet wide. It works great for
weeding and watering. If I had room I would have made them 50 ft long, but
no such luck. I have strawberries in one, blueberries in one, asparagus in
one, and the other is for tomatoes, green peppers, and misc. (what ever I
want to plant in my third year of my three year crop rotation plan).

I used landscape timbers for the sides on two and boards that were 10 inches
wide and 1 inch thick. Good luck. Dwayne


"Jane" wrote in message
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Hello,

I was thinking of putting in raised vegetable garden beds this year. I
wasn't sure what to use for the sides but am leaning towards the large
white
cement blocks since they are permanent. The problem is that these are
quite
wide (not sure exactly how wide) but this would make the recommend bed (4'
x
4') that much wider. I was thinking of doing something longer in any
event - say 20 feet or more. For those with experience, does this seem a
good idea? Should I go to a 3' wide bed so it is easily reachable from
both sides? Would you go with the longer beds? Is there any drawback to
doing that? Any other suggestions for the material to use? Thanks for
your
input.