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Re: cinder blocks

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Here is a repost from 6/20, this year, all have done well in the blocks that
had LOTS of organic matter in the soil.

>>I have planted this year (so Far:) Egyptian Onions, Parsley, Lettuce,
Cilantro, Strawberries, Spinach, Bunching Onions, Pak Choi, Garlic Chives,
Carrots, Carrots & Green Onions together, Radish, Arugula, Beets, Swiss
Chard, Ambition (from seed) Shallot, Epazote, Lovage, Lemon Balm, and, last
year, even "parked" an extra yearling Asparagus plant in one, just in case
one of the plants in the bed failed. It was doing just fine when I removed
it after a year in place. I think that the Asparagus would have, eventually
broken the block.

The block that I used are three tiers high and enclose one of my Asparagus
beds. They are not mortared together so I experience some soil loss over the
season, worst was about 2".<<

Last year worked great, also.


Regards,
DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: cinder blocks


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>At 09:57 PM 7/15/99 -0700, Glee Salveson said,
>>    Well, I've gone and done it.  DH and I went out this morning and
bought
>24 more cinderblocks so I can have another raised garden
>>
>>    the 'nursery lady' here warned me that plants in the holes in the
>cinder blocks will dry out real fast.  That succulents were about the only
>thing that does well there...?????
>
>Where is "here"?
>
>I've never used the cinder-block method, but a few summers ago Doreen
Howard
>(then gardening 50 miles south of Houston, TX) had a bangup season by
>putting strawberries in the block holes.
>
>--Janet
>
>
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