Not only did the people I hired support 'local' businesses like I do myself - the mom and pop shops for mindful spending, but their work ethics, affordability and professionalism outweighed what I initially experienced when I first moved into this home and hired the wrong contractors to do some fixing up around the home. So yes, I could have bought the materials all myself, but the longer than anticipated time and over-extended effort it would have taken me would have far outweighed the success I would experience so quickly had I not delegated this task of constructing my raised vegetable garden container to a pro contractor. Read the rest of this entry »