Hello All, I have had 2 SFG's in the past and excited to start on one at our new home.(a little late in the planting but still..)

We plan to put raised beds along a fence that gets good sun throughout the day. The beds I found are approx. 7 feet long x 3 feet wide (http://www.metalgardenbeds.com/grande.html) and we plan to have 4 boxes. All 4 boxes will back to a fence the area gets excellent full sun till ~4pm.

I would love to hear from others re: concerns about reaching into the center, back rows to tend the squares.

I really really like these particular boxes and they are approx 41 inches wide -plan to have 3 rows ~13 inches wide.

I have laid out the placement of the boxes and highlighted the areas I am concerned about reaching.

Current plan is to use these for companion plants (marigolds?) or tall plants that don't need much tending

Also, for boxes 3 and 4 should I be concerned about plants in the rows that are closest to south facing casting a shadow on plants at the other end of the box (am I overthinking this?!)

Thanks in advance for any advice. For those who have successfully planted tall plants that need minimal tending (for the shaded boxes) it would also be great to hear which plants would work well!!

:-)