**DIY** Simple Cedar Flower Box
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Raised garden beds are fairly easy to construct and even easier to maintain. This cedar flowering box was crafted from old fence slats.made with less than 20 easy cuts on the mitre saw, Benefits of a Raised Garden
- Ideal for smaller spaces (versus a conventional row garden)
- Great for rocky, poor, or abused soil
- Produces a higher yield for the area, thanks to better drainage and deep rooting
- Allows for a longer growing season, since you can work the soil more quickly in the spring in frost-hardened regions
- Makes gardening easier; for example, intensive planting creates shade mulch to keep the weeds down