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Re: Raised beds and bed borders

I keep reading on the list about raised beds. Were my glasses dirty when
I watched Mel's videos and read the book? I don't recall Mel's beds being
raised. My SQFT garden does great in flat beds. It is the soil condition
that is important.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:20:37 -0700 "Francine \"Allegra Brillante\" Rice"
            <allegra_brillante@MONTROSE.NET> writes:
>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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