The resulting design is reflective of the size of the pieces of redwood that we salvaged. And they are quite beautiful. The beds in front are also recycled. We found staves of redwood barrels that once held olives, a major commercial crop in the California Valley. Each bed is lined with hardware cloth and stapled to the wood to prevent gophers from chewing up the roots, stems of each plant.
Deer are our current problem.
We have deer that live in the mountains above us. They come down at dawn and dust, cross our driveway, check out the raised beds and then go on down to the Kaweah River for water. We try to discourage their eating the soft, young leaves, blossoms on the plants and trees by spreading blood meal around. This is our latest tactic. And now there are grasshoppers.