This summer I decided to do something different with my garden. My soil has a lot of clay in it, so I took a raised bed class and discovered some new ideas to try. I built a bird's nest as a raised bed. It was pretty fun, big enough for Big Bird to nest in!

                                                       this is my raised-bed bird's nest

I gave straw bale gardening a try

and my new raised bed is working great for root crops