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RickCorey_WA wrote:
It might be easier to take care of you bed if you put an isle down the center. If DH will set up two more walls, you could have a 12" wlakway plus two beds each 2.5 feet x 6 feet.

The soil that you scoop out of the walkway will make the two narrow beds deeper. If you dig that walkway down 6-12" below grade, you'll have even more soil to mae the beds even deeper - and now you won't need to bend down so far to weed or sow or plant.

However, if your subsoil does not drain well, beware making the below-grade path a mud-bath after heavy rains!