Cindy,
I wanted to can carrots last year and never had room in the garden to plant them. Too many potatoes, lol! I'm trying to be more self sufficient and have loved the raised beds for years. I just never asked DH to make me one. I have an apple tree right at the garden's edge and I'd like to put one there so I'm not digging into the roots, but then I wonder. Will I smother the apple roots?