On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:51:01 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson
wrote:

On Oct 16, 8:27*am, "Bob F" wrote:
The Soul Patch wrote:
hello all, had such an epic day yesterday up at the soul patch but was
going to see if anyone had any canny and most importantly cheap ideas
of how to create large raised beds. i am thinking 2 20ftx10ft beds so
quite a lot of material needed. any thoughts well appreciated!

Just slope the earth up to the raised level, with pathways in between.

Or, use cinder blocks.

I would like to try this, as I'm tired of the Mickey Mouse job I did
of raised beds.

But I don't understand how sloped sides can maintain their shape.
Doesn't rain, or even watering, break down those sloped sides?

Yeah, ain't gravity a bitch! LOL