Raised bed gardens?

[Jimmy]

It can work in 5 gallon buckets. Just make sure you have drain holes on the bottom, and get a determinate tomato not an indeterminate.

It's all about the right amount of water and sun, and some decent soil.

 

[Rokbar]

I saw where one guy would take the used rubber tracks off mini-excavators and use for raised beds. They are heavy though.

 

[Rbyrd]

Check out grass roots fabric beds. They work great. The are fabric with a pvc frame mine hold up well in my greenhouse.

 

[Luked]

Mad some for my wife last year.
Just used treated 2x8
She has 2 both are 5'x10' placed end to end.

 

[LostArra]

Buy some old stock tanks a rancher has for cheap. They work great

I do this and it works well. Easier weeding since they sit higher.
I plant a "bush" type tomato so no cages needed. Some arugula early and late.
I also have a well established asparagus bed nearby and will always have some volunteer asparagus in the raised beds.

I'll probably add more soil in the future
Pre planting

 

[TaperPin]

We tried traditional raised beds and they were so far away from where we like to hang out in the yard, that we looked for something that looked better, but was large enough to retain water well in 100 degree dry weather. A local grocery store had a crazy good deal on half wine barrels so we tried a dozen and they are ideal for us. They can also be stacked in pyramids if the wood is in good condition, although 4 high might be a row too high. We have a 3-high stack with flowers right next to the deck and visitors seem to like it better than anything else.

 

[Danny Hoey]

Super simple raised beds.

1 8' 4x4 cut into quarters for the posts
6' cedar fence boards for the rails and cut in half for the ends.
I lay fabric up the sides so the soil doesn't bleed through.
I'm into each one probably $45.

 

[zacattack]

Thanks for all the replies and ideas! Unfortunately our garden aspirations took a bit of a hit over the weekend. I was gone for 3 days and no one watered our plants. Hoping for some to recover.