Thanks, but no hugs needed! I’m actually fairly okay with it. I haven’t personally invested in most of it, I kind of just got it all through gifts or cheap from Bunnings

I know garden beds are kind of easier in some regards, but I prefer planter boxes for a few reasons. Largely because I hate having to bend over and kneel down. Not a mobility thing, I just don’t really like having to kneel down into the garden beds or suffer the consequences of hunching over while weeding or whatever

Also I’m very arachnophobic, and contrary to what everyone also keeps telling me, trying to remember they’re more afraid of me than I am of them, or its their home, or they won’t harm me, or trying to do DIY exposure therapy has not helped at all. Bugs in general freak me out a bit. With planter boxes, they’re mostly isolated to the rims of the boxes, with the occasional small ones building homes in the strawberries. But they usually move on pretty quickly when they feel the water from the hose. The lack of weeds also means I don’t have to stick my hands into deep foliage and hope for the best (a terrifying proposition for me, even with gardening gloves!)