I enjoyed your story and hope both you and your wife are pleased with the results. We plant mostly in the ground but also have some raised beds that I prefer for carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, strawberries, herbs, etc.. They are also handy for overwintering spinach and getting earlier spring crops if they're narrow enough to cover with old storm windows to use like mini-greenhouses. With this crazy winter, there wasn't a month without fresh spinach this fall/winter even up here in PA!
