This will save us tons of water while watering deep enough to keep the plants in the raised beds we’re going to build happy throughout our hot summers.
And this video lays out how to do this for raised beds!
This guy did this setup but for his containers:
We’ve decided this is what we are doing this year. The dirt is awful here and there is so much debris that has been buried by previous tenants that it will just be easier to level that area out and build raised beds.
http://www.sunset.com/garden/backyard-projects/ultimate-raised-bed-how-to-00400000011938/