For a little background information: About six months ago my wonderful husband built me four beautiful garden planters. They are built out of pressure treated wood and are about 4'x4' and 2' high. He did this so that we would not be planting any of the vegetables right into very low nutrient sand we have in our backyard. We then filled them with soil, and compost (We later add and small amount of sand to help with the drainage).

After a lot of research on what plants go best together we decided to plant one with herbs; the second with cucumbers and lettuce; the third with eggplant, and cauliflower; and the fourth with tomatoes, beans and bell peppers. I have to say many of these plants thrived, while other did nothing. We learning that tomatoes need there own box as they take over and block out the sun of the other plants. Cucumbers need to be on a trellis so that they don't stretch out over everything. Finally Bonnie bell peppers from the store seem to have some kind of diseases as they do not grow or produce fruit (we tried about 3 or different kinds from different stores).

We had many things go wrong and many wonderful fruits and vegetables that we have gotten to share with family and friends.