What should I put on the bottom of a wooden box for planting my greens?

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I live above a business and am going to make a garden with containers and these two wooden boxes that were going to be dumped. I plan to plant all my greens in these two boxes. They have not been painted, primed ect. What should I put on the bottom so the soil does not come out between the wood pieces? I hope this makes sense. I still plan on drilling holes for drainage, but I feel if I don't put something over the gaps between the wood I think I will be losing a lot of soil. This is my first time doing this, so I feel a little lost. Thanks.

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Try lining the inside with wood or plastic. Both of these are easy to drill through.

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it is often good to put gravel in the bottom to drain the excess water off  the soil and not allow the roots to rot. I put a piece of weed blocker under the gravel to prevent the gravel from going out the drain hole.

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Line the wooden containers with plastic bags or buy some special garden fabric that can line the boxes ,then put some  gravel in the bottome of the planters to aid  drainage , i would recomend not sitting the planters straight onto the roof , but have them sitting on some bricks so that the moisture does not gather around the base of the planters and rot them from out side , and  it stops them from sticking to the roof ,when you need to empty or move them at any time.

What should I put on the bottom of a wooden box for planting my greens?

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