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Raised Bed Design Plans

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Last year I built 6 nice raised beds for my back yard garden.  I searched the internet for different designs and ended up with my own design.  My garden was on a slight slope and exposed so all my neighbors could see the beds so I wanted something nice and something that was easy to build.  I found a few basic designs on the internet but wasn't really happy with what people had done.  If I was going to invest the time and money I wanted it to look good.  Here is a example of what I didn't like: You can see the butt joints are exposed and theirs no kneeling rail for when your working in the garden.  I saw a few of these in my neighborhood and decided this wasn't for me.  I had made something like this in one of my old gardens and it looked bad after a few years and wasn't comfortable to work around.  This design was better but still not exactly what I wanted: It has a nice rail around the top, its deep, the butt joints are covered up, this wa...