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Re: OT ;-) Stockade style SFG

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

At 03:43 PM 1/23/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>BTW, I asked, only semi-in jest, what about SqFt mushrooms.
>Ther's a few types that WANT semi-buried hardwood.
>Shitake anyone???
>
>Maybe it's related, I got a huge growth of fungus in one bed. What do you all
>think this might have been?
>
>Bill, what a great idea! I used the stockade style years ago, using
>driftwood around a herb bed, but your idea of then inoculating the logs
>with mushroom spore absolutely sparkles! Margaret L
>
>Where to get mushroom spore , por favor? Will they grow in direct sun?
>
>Just packing them in tightly and filling holes with soil or sod did it for
>me. Incidentally, I don't think this is OT either. Margaret L
>
>I used the clay that is aplenty around here. Make sure it's wettish, use one
>of the logs as a pounder to work it down good. Still a bit loose at first,
but
>by end of summer everything settled and the stockade is nice and tight now.
>
>Anybody have an idea for how long something like this might
>last in the ground?  Or should I debark the inside and paint
>the inside also...
>
>I wondered my self, but weighed the idea with aesthetic appeal and cost and
>decided it was worth the chance, even for a few years. I used all oak, too.
>This stuff should last as long as most anything I could've bought. Wouldn't
>bother painting the inside. I've got more trees that haven't been cleaned up
>yet. (de-deadwooded)
>
>
>Your approach with staggered ends is visually appealing but
>I prefer to have some place to sit (however briefly) while I
>plant, weed and harvest.
>
>Chain saw, when finished!;-)
>
>Fred
>
>--
>He not busy being born is busy dying.
>Bob Dylan
>
Sorry, but taking several posts out of context and juxtaposing them in this
manner can be very misleading. For instance, putting these two together:
>Where to get mushroom spore , por favor? Will they grow in direct sun?
>
>Just packing them in tightly and filling holes with soil or sod did it for
>me. Incidentally, I don't think this is OT either. Margaret L

The last two lines referred to building the "stockade" around the raised
bed, not packing mushroom spores. I've never seen anyone do this before,
and don't know why it was done now. Margaret L


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