That is to say, this year two of our three raised garden beds needed replacing.

After 10 years, the wood – just normal construction pine – was falling apart.

Learned some lessons:

• Thought I built it out of 2x10s. Nope, 2x12s (still worked fine, but next time….)
• Over the years, the wood stretched a bit – we had to trim the dirt around the beds to get the frame to fit. When it comes time to replace the third bed, I’m going to buy three 2x12x10(ft) lengths, and frame it out for the existing space and then just use the saws-all to trim off the extra.

Live and learn!

Without any further ado, the garden beds:

Before:

After: