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Raised beds and bed borders

Greetings,

I wanted to run a few ideas by the group before I make a decision.

This is our first square foot garden and is being constructed from scratch
in a place where there has never been a garden.  However, the soil is very
fertile and does not contain much clay (it was once part of an
orchard/alfalfa field)  In addition to that, we plan on supplementing it
with manure that has composted in the old corrals.

Well, it turns out that the cinder blocks are more expensive than we thought
they would be and since things are tight this year, that will not be an
option. Therefore, we came up with the following ideas:

a) plant in square foot pattern with no raised bed or border this year

b) line the boarders with large river rocks (readily available on our own
property) and have a slightly raised bed

c)  obtain a permit from the forest service to gather fallen aspen logs and
use them as borders.

What do you think would be our best option?

Francine
Highland Rose Ranch
Montrose, Colorado
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