Re: the cold shoulder

**David Smead s*@amplepower.com**

Alex,

A raised bed is just a bottomless frame, so unless you cut the backs out
of the refrigerators, you will have a tub that doesn't drain well.  If you
have good organic soil it will be quite loose, and plant roots will go
down to 2 feet or more if they can, and of course the deeper the more
resistant to drought. With more root to absorb nutrients, the product will
be better.

Environmentally, expect to find insulation that may contain arsenic
compounds.

-- 
Sincerely,

David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Ottawa Community Garden Network wrote:

> Hello gardeners,
>
> What a deafening silence!  I posted a message 10 days ago about using
> fridges/freezers as raised beds - and now 10 days have passed without a
> single reply! :(    We're thinking of using them for a couple of gardens
> here in Ottawa, Canada.  But we'd like to know whether people have had
> good experiences (or bad ones)  -  and, even more, we need to find out
> if there are any health/environmental concerns we should be aware of.
> It might seem that up here in the Great White North should know
> everything there is to know about deep freezes, but there it is - we
> need your help with this!
>
> All advice is appreciated up here where it's already snowing,
>
> Alex
>
> Alex Hay, Coordinator
> Iain Jack, Municipal Policy Project Worker
> Community Garden Network of Ottawa/
> Reseau de Jardins Communautaire
> tel: 613-244-2804
> fax: 613-789-4086
> 221 Nelson Street
> Ottawa, ON
> K1N 1C7
> website: http://www.flora.org/cgn-rjc/
>
>
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