Here is a book that could help . . . thinking outside the "litter box" a little http://www.amazon.com/101-Uses-Dead-Simon-Bond/dp/0517545160
Hardly a 1%er. I live in a very working class neighborhood in a rented house. Everything in the house was substandard when I moved in. I have done everything in the past 18 years to fix it up. I turned a junkyard into a garden. When I went knocking on doors to look for my cat, my neighbors on one block spoke four different languages aside from English. Bad try, PapaG. Again. Try coyote urine for cats. I've also heard they dislike citrus but depending on the size of the yard you'd need a lot of oranges.
I'm shopping for a few raised garden beds. 6'-8' L x 2'-3' W x 24" T(min). Anyone buy any in the last year or so you are happy with? sooo many options online.
Thinking about doing it myself just like this. I think these look nice. https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-build-raised-garden-beds/
They were two 4'x4' ones, I think 18" tall. My mom used one for flowers and one for 3 different varieties of tomatoes. Seemed to work fine. Bi-Mart is a local chain store, I think the nearest one to you is in Oregon City. Are looking for them for landscaping? Veggies? You have wild deer or rabbits? The aluminum water troughs are good to use for vegetable beds if you have animals that want to eat what you're growing or if water is scarce. ... Free wood pallets can make great garden beds. https://www.google.com/search?q=woo...LEDwgIHEAAYgAQYGMICCRAAGIAEGBgYCg&sclient=img
I have a bi-mart card! Mostly for veggies. Tomatoes, cucumbers, zuccinni(man I love the wife's zuccinni bread). I'm looking for solid wall types to avoid weed infiltration. I had built some cinderblock styles ones at my last home ,and though I lined it, we still had issues with weeds growing. We would prefer raised higher the better to avoid bending over, having to get on our knees alot, if possible.
Hit up Craigslist free section every few days. https://www.google.com/search?q=row...AAYBRgewgIGEAAYCBgewgIHEAAYgAQYGA&sclient=img
As luck would have it, I have one sitting on a full acre! comes complete with instructions and material lists, with cut lengths! I have sometime on my hands these days, and the wife loves the look, so this is what we will be going with it looks like. https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-build-raised-garden-beds/
I've had bad luck with raised beds. Your climate is better for raised beds than mine. However....something to keep in mind.... All climates will require you to water the raised bed more often than a ground level bed. Raised beds dry out faster in all weather, especially on hot days. Instead of raised beds, as soon as the snow is gone, I now cover the ground with a clear plastic to warm the ground up to get a longer growing season. Black plastic does not heat up the ground as deep as clear plastic.
