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Walt PruittFounding moderator & Harvest Show hostWalt has moderated Raised Bed Forum since 2021 and still signs every post the same way: zone 6, enabler of other people's bed count problems. He runs the monthly Harvest Show thread, the forum's biggest and lowest-stakes tradition, and keeps the staff guides updated when a product gets discontinued or a member points out a better approach in the comments. He's up to six raised beds himself and has stopped pretending that number is final.Lucia FernandezStaff writer, Pest & DiseaseLucia spent years helping run a community garden plot where diagnosing a sick plant before it took down three neighbors' beds was a weekly job. She now writes the forum's pest and disease guides, working through the same step-by-step process she used in that garden: rule out watering and nutrients before assuming the worst. She keeps a phone folder of real diagnostic photos submitted by forum members, with their resolutions, for exactly this kind of writing.Grady HoltStaff writer, Buying & KitsGrady has bought, assembled, and eventually replaced more raised bed kits than he can comfortably admit, which is exactly why he writes the forum's buying guides. He tracks what kits actually cost per year of use, not just the sticker price, after watching a cheap kit rot out in two seasons. He still has the warped first kit sitting in his garage as a reminder not to buy on price alone.