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Re: type of soil to use


Another plus for the raised beds is that they help keep the Bermuda grass
out of the beds.  It is much easier to pull from the raised beds than the
ones at or near ground level.  Also soccer balls etc roll into them less.
I do believe that improving your own soil is best however that is not what
I have done.  I built 2 of my 4 4x4 squares with the soil mix from the
book.  The other two I bought soil for and have started amending it.  My
beds are in a 30ft x 30ft "play area" for the kids.  The ground in the
"play area" is covered by about 8 inches of playground mulch.  The raised
beds are framed by 2x12's that stick out of the playground mulch about 6
inches.  Building it in the play area allows me to push my 2 year old on
the swing and garden at the same time :-)

Norm
 
At 03:46 PM 7/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>	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. Now for me, with
>my physical problems, maybe there is a reason to have some height. But the
>real reason I started with boxes was to avoid nematodes, and since I am
>dealing with them anyway, why buy wood?
>	But for now, since they are already built, and since it is so nice to have
>the soil at arms length while seated on my garden stool, I will have to
>spend hours and days trying to recapture my innocent acceptance of the
>inherent benefit of raised, boxed beds. Thanks.
>	
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