Re: Raised Beds (WAS: type of soil to use)

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• Subject: Re: Raised Beds (WAS: type of soil to use)
• From: V* T* <t*@idsi.net>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:41:43 -0400
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At 03:46 PM 07/15/1998 -0400, Bill DeWitt wrote:

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>	Well, as much as I hate to admit it (while standing out among my lovely
>foot high boxed beds), this is probably true. I have spent half the day
>trying to find ways to justify my continued use of lumber.

We'll I'm "lucky" -- I have a great excuse.  We moved here last year, and I
was all psyched up to start a garden for the first time in years (we lived
in an apartment before this)  I carefully selected a couple of dozen plants
and happily trotted out to the back yard with a shovel.  That's when I
discovered that our entire yard consists of 2 inches of top soil on top of
a natural shelf of shale!

There was much hurrying around to scrounge up enough large pots for a "pot
garden", but it was disastrous - nothing bore fruit - not even zuchini!

I did the raised bed SFG this year, and I go out every evening just to
stare at it and marvel at the results!

Still, I'll be glad when we move and I can do SFG without having to build a
bed -- even with the results I'm getting, there's no way the vegetables
will pay for the lumber and top soil!  (At least, not THIS year)
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