It's been about one month and I have been enjoying a variety of lettuce and Swiss chard from my raised bed. Everything is growing well including two tomato plants that just popped up from seeds in the compost. No weeds have yet to invade the raised bed and the size of the plants are worth comparing to that of my garden. Look at these two pictures of cabbage, the first is in the raised bed and the second image is in a row in my garden. The raised bed cabbage is nearly three times as large yet both were planted at the same time.