Vegetable gardens can be just as beautiful, or even more stunning than purely ornamental gardens.

Rumor of the juicy tomatoes at Chez Loni’s vegetable garden spread as I saw more and more tomatoes damaged from backyard critters.

When Dan K. sent me the photos of what he had built, I was not only impressed, I also knew I had to share it with all of you. He didn’t just build one planter box…

This may be the tomato harvest that will prove that Clint’s efforts were well worth it when he helped me to build by planter box.

I desired plants which didn’t require too much water to pay homage to the fact that we were in a desert climate.

According to a quick tally it seems that the plans have now been downloaded over 3,000 times.

If you want to start your own garden, but have limited space, try my DIY planter box plans.

A quick glance at this past month’s Sunpower performance monitoring graph of our solar panel systems and it is clear we had consistently gorgeous sunny weather.

There have been over 2,000 downloads, hundreds of comments left in the download request form and numerous emails sent by those that are kind enough to share their results.

Courtyards are always challenging spaces to decorate. But the rewards make this project worth it.