Raised Garden

Jan and I wanted to grow a small garden again this year. but we are also raising a new puppy too, and those don't usually mix well. Jan had talked about doing some raised beds, I and I thought If i brought it up to my hip height maybe it will be enough to keep the pup disinterested.
but once again, not much cash to buy lumber. So I looked around the house and found a stack of popular tree branches, we had hauled home for fire wood, and haven't gotten around to cutting up yet (yay!). I found some 4x4 shorties and some other rustic looking wood and got at it.

The biggest time consumer was leveling off the ground, but that's also where i got the fill for the planter. The only nails used were to hold the top boards to the posts. all the limbs are just pressed up against the posts using the weight of the dirt.
True that popular wood does rot fast, but if I can get a couple seasons out of it, that's good enough. This wood is well seasoned all ready.
this project cost me $0 and 5 hours, and it looks kinda cool. so i think i came out ahead. Oh, if you look closely in the back you can see my two robots hiding in the bushes. the short one is called Eddy and the tall one is the Grim-reaper.

Still got more wood left over for something else, possibly