Build your raised vegetable bed now

I highly recommend The Pioneer Woman guide for building raised vegetable beds. I built this one last year using the instructions on Ree Drummond's popular website. I followed Drummond's explanation better than the videos and web guides provided by some of the big box stores like Home Depot.

Next week, I plan to build two more of these raised beds. The one in the picture is 4 feet by 6 feet. I bought these materials for the first bed: 

• Four 10-feet long 2" x 6" boards
• One box of wood stakes, 2 feet long and about an inch wide.
• One box of wood screws, 2 inches long. 
• A lot of organic soil to fill the bed, about 5-6 bags. 

I've forgotten the cost. I built it on my birthday last year. I'll save the receipts from the next one and share them. The biggest advantage is that I didn't have to weed nearly as much with the raised bed, and it looks good.Try it. I think you'll like it.