The elevated box at work

Back in March I made an elevated box for Wifey for our front porch so she could grow salad greens in it.  I hadn't thought ahead and installed drainage holes so she didn't use it in the spring.  When I made a box for our neighbor, I learned from that mistake and had them drilled right off the bat.  A few months ago we emptied the box and Wifey drilled holes in ours.  The box works considerably better, although, the wood on the underside has discolored from the lack of initial drainage.

A month ago Wifey bought some lettuce starters at a Howard County farmer's market and planted them in the box.  They've done quite well and we've had a number of salads from the box as a result.  Wifey's currently letting some of the lettuce bolt so we can try to save the seed for the spring.