It is easy to make raised garden beds but it is hard to fill them with dirt. If you are making 8 ft x 4 ft x 1 ft bed you need 34 cu ft of dirt or soil. It not only cost you money plus it is hard labor as you have to haul this dirt in to the bed. Best way is make the beds in fall and fill them with biodegradable material so that the material can decay through the winter.
If you have time then you can fill these beds with shredded leaves, garden clippings. You can add kitchen waste (no cooked food, meat, fish). Cover these with shredded leaves. This will keep critters away.
Check out my other posting 'make compost'.
Keep adding the stuff as stuff settle downs as it compost. Keep the shredded material moist and do not make it soggy. Cover it so that rain does not mess the material and let it work through winter. Once a while after week or so mix the material with garden fork. This will speed up the process.
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It is exactly, what I did in my garden.
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