This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: cinder blocks

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

The blocks weigh 40# each!

I have filled all the holes with soil to use them as planters and  that
helps in holding them in place.

I would have preferred to mortar the blocks. I didn't because I expect to
have to move by 2002 as both the local Indian Tribe and other commercial
interests want my lot and my neighbors lot (1 1/2 lots each) for a
commercial re development thats (SLOWLY) taking place. As a result,
everything that I do to the house, garden. . . . . . is portable


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: BRITATHRT@aol.com <BRITATHRT@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: cinder blocks


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>In a message dated 99-07-16 22:30:52 EDT, DT wrote:
>
><<
> 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".<<
>  >>
>
>Umm DT,
>How do you keep the blocks from shifting?? I can see how the blocks with
the
>lips on the back work..but not cinderblocks???   We just bought a house!!!
I
>need to think about new garden space for next season, and am hoping to use
>something more permanent than wood.  The wood we are using is untreated and
>has lasted more than 4yrs with no trouble..but I am NOT going to move it
from
>the community garden we have now to the house!!!
>Margaret
>zone 6ish//Maryland
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>To unsubscribe, write to sqft-unsubscribe@listbot.com
>Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/
>


______________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, write to sqft-unsubscribe@listbot.com
Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index