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I've been using cardboard boxes as raised beds for flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Seems to be working well. The boxes deteriorate until the beds become naturalized. In this way I am slowly transforming my grass lawn into a food producing pollinator haven.

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I have read here on the forum that is a great way to plant potatoes.

When a person is ready to harvest potatoes, the boxes are picked up and the potatoes fall out.

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Hi What is your climate? I wanted to try this but boxes disintegrated quickly; I use them for base layer mulch. cheers Doug

Lesley Bullard

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I do support the bed of boxes with things like cinder blocks, or lumber fitted into those raised bed blocks available at lowes, until the bed becomes stable on its own, which seems to take about three years. Then I just move the stabilizing structures to the next bed.

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Do be aware that Paul has a thread about the glue in those cardboard boxes.

Paul said, First, it is possible to make newspaper/cardboard that would be safe (by my standards) for gardens. But most use chemicals that I am not comfortable with.

https://permies.com/t/2157/concerns-cardboard-newspaper-mulch

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