Re: Make a Trough

**fran gustman f*@juno.com**

Dear Betty,

Would you allow me to print your trough info in HortResources?

Fran

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:56:43 -0400 "bbmackey" <bbmackey@prodigy.net>
writes:
> Back in March I gave a demo of a quick way to make small garden 
> troughs at
> the Philadelphia Flower Show, along with a detailed how-to handout. 
> After
> getting several requests for permission to reprint my handout, I put 
> all the
> information on my website. If any of you want to look at the 
> directions
> yourselves, or refer your readers to the directions on my website, 
> the
> location is:
> 
> http://mackeybooks.com/gpage10.html
> 
> The directions are for using a pre-packaged sand or mortar concrete 
> mix
> (usually costs about $4 for 25 pounds of mix) to make a small 
> trough. This
> is NOT hypertufa. I'm offering a very bare-bones way to make small 
> concrete
> objects for the garden. I developed the directions from my own 
> experience,
> and they are copyrighted.
> 
> Other parts of the website include my list of books for sale, 
> including
> "Creating and Planting Garden Troughs," by Joyce Fingerut and Rex 
> Murfitt,
> and some garden hints for the season.
> 
> My site can handle a lot of hits -- hope I get some new ones.
> 
> Here in the soaking wet Mid-Atlantic region, the plants in troughs 
> seem to
> be standing up to the weather very well.
> 
> Betty Mackey
> B. B. Mackey Books
> http://www.mackeybooks.com
> P. O. Box 475
> Wayne, PA 19087
> 
> 
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Fran Gustman,  fgustman@juno.com
Editor, HortResources Newsletter www.hortresources.org
Editor, Wild Ones Journal,  www.for-wild.org
Boston, MA
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