Design for Climate Change - Covered Raised Beds - 410

Interesting... how this developed.  i am a scrapper out of necessity lately but i have to admit that i have always squirreled some odd things away.  You just never know when you might need something, like that piece of rope off of a hay bale.  So one of the latest things i have been collecting are shipping crates.  There is a local company that throws some of them out and after receiving permission i acquired a few.  My initial intention was for firewood or to build some rustic planter boxes but when the recent winter storm kicked up i had to prepare something to protect the plants i still had in the ground.  The temperatures here in MS have roller coastered from the 50's to the 20's and back again so some plants were just getting established in the boxed beds. 

Since some of the boxes came with tops, i used them to cover what i had planted in some boxes and grabbed a few pieces of scrap plywood to cover the cold frame.  Pretty cool idea YAH!  Other benefits of the 18" boxed beds will come to light after i install corner braces (seats) to reinforce them this spring.  It is much easier to work the beds from the siting position rather than bending over and the boxes will definitely lead into some interesting garden layouts.

On another note:  The main website is up for DNS renewal and i have not been able to update that just yet due to limited funds.  i will retain the domain http://www.antbrotherfarms.com/ but it will be offline until i can make some money.  i just started back at the factory and a month without any income has stressed the support, pantry and rent needs.  i think you can still view the site through search engine cached pages but that is limited.  i have been updating some content in a bigger way, yet to be posted, and since my time is limited, i am only able to update that main site once every few weeks or so.  That site is where i started this walk and is a good resource with a broad array of areas of interest.  So if it's down, remember it is not out and will stand again soon.  The DNS update is due tomorrow - 01/11/2011 - so anticipate the return.

God Bless and Love in Yeshua,

~ antbrother