Ready to build those Garden Boxes!!

There are lots of plans available and I won’t inundate you with any of them. I am a firm believer and follower in recycling. If you have items readily available to make do – then use that – if not and have to buy the materials, then it’s a different matter. My only suggestion (well – it’s a little more than a suggestion) is the depth of your box.
But – before we go much further in actually building them, let’s review where you are going to put them.
Ideally – you will place it/them- in an area that get’s at least 6 hrs. of direct sun; South or East facing.
No Trees that will interfere or block the amount of sun it will receive. Trees on the west side of your garden are ideal out here in Utah – since they will block some of that really hot sun in late summer- you just don’t really want to place your garden where they might block sun in the morning.
I know that you don’t always have control of where you can place your garden- but remember – you can spread your boxes out to get the best location possible. You don’t have to group them all together if your site doesn’t allow that.
If you are designing a large garden area with more than a couple of boxes, consider devoting at least one to a leaf crop (lettuces, spinach etc) and a couple for herbs. I managed to get in 8 boxes in a relatively small area.