Quote Originally Posted by Katrina View Post
DH did raised beds last year got a great crop of tomatoes, squash and cukes. He didn't do too much planting last year, this year he's planning on filling all 6 boxes When he built the boxes he put dampened newspapers in the bottom before he put in the soil to help keep any weeds out from beneath them and this winter he cleared out the boxes and put clear plastic over some of them ( an experiment) to try and keep out the weeds when spring came.Unfortunately with the winter we had, the plastic sheeting didn't hold up, we think it wasn't thick or strong enough. We'll have to try a different mil this year. We thought about putting chicken wire also in the beds under the newspapers but DH didn't do that, just the newsprint.
Black plastic works better and it warms your soil quicker for Spring. Maybe try it next year?