i have 2 raised beds and love them. make sure you rotate where you plant things, especially plants prone to virus diseases like tomatoes.
i used tomato cages as a support for sugar snap peas. just planted peas in a circle around the cages.
herbs, peppers, cauliflower and snap dragons are up inside. Will probably start tomatoes this weekend.
uncovered the garlic bed yesterday, they were sprouting thought the leaf cover.