Are raised beds worth doing in a hot climate??

[jerryinfla]

This will be my first season using raised beds for anything other than onions or carrots so I can't speak for myself but many Florida gardeners use them successfully and not many places in the USA have longer nor hotter summers than we have. In addition to what others have said, one reason I'm trying them is that they will provide a fixed border so that I never walk in the bed thus compacting the soil.