A gardener breaks down the math on raised beds: a $1,000 investment in premium cedar can yield $3,000 worth of produce in the first season. They're giving away detailed plans for both the raised bed and a chicken-tractor design.
I was pretty skeptical about these. Is it worth the money? But then I did the math. If you do a square foot gardening method, you can plant so many things into this. It's $1,000 to build it, even with expensive cedar. And just the first season, you can get $3,000 worth of produce. These raised beds are amazing. We've had pergola additions. We're giving away these plans, guys. You can have the chicken tractor plan. Well, that one too, but also the raised beds.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
