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Re: cinderblock inspiration

I painted my Cinder blocks with a slate colored paint to help absorb heat
and improve the looks.  Works pretty well I think.

  I have planted  Peas, Onions and Strawberries in the holes. Sister also
has had good luck with herbs.

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> From: Doreen Howard <doreen@tgn.net>
> To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
> Subject: Re: cinderblock inspiration
> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 7:22 PM
> 
> Yes, cement holds the sun's heat during the night and warms plants this
time
> of year.  I credit my large, ripening strawberries to just that.  I've
grown
> mints, including orange in the holes, and they all do fine.  Of course,
they
> like to creep out into the surrounding soil of beds.  All herbs seem to
love
> the holes, including a large lavender plant that has bloomed non-stop
this
> winter in one.  Dill was the only herb that didn't done well, because of
its
> long tap root, I'd guess.  But, parsley has a long tap root, too, and it
did
> great.
> Doreen Howard
> 
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