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

Re: Plants around raised beds?

Nancy, the pink bark mulch wasn't the small stuff.  This was the largest
size I could find and we laid it down about 4 inches deep.  Rought on a
wheelbarrow but it did stop the weeds except for just along side the beds
which we pulled.

Rich


At 11:56 AM 5/6/97 -0600, Nancy Roberts, Statistics Geek wrote:
>Richard, you mentioned using the weed barrier fabric and pine
>mulch between your beds.  As I finish laying down my beds this
>summer, I was planning a similar approach.  I was wondering,
>however, if you found that the fine bark was tracked around
>too much when wet?  How thick did you lay down the mulch?  The
>other possibility was laying down some paving stones and
>encouraging thyme and other creepers to grow between the
>stones, but that seems a bit "elegant" for simple garden
>paths.
>
>My beds are about 3 feet apart to handle the width of my
>garden cart, and just barely wide enough for a friend's
>wheelchair although there isn't room to turn around. I'm
>thinking any type of mulch will be too messy for wheelchair
>access if it is wet.
>
>Nancy
>USDA Zone 4, Utah, who has recognizable, if still small,
>plants growing in her 4X5 SQFT garden! :-)
>
>nancyr@cc.usu.edu
>
>***************************************************************************
>To unsubscribe, send to: listserv@umslvma.umsl.edu
>the body message: unsubscribe sqft
>See http://www.umsl.edu/~silvest/garden/sqft.html for archive, FAQ and more.
>
>

***************************************************************************
To unsubscribe, send to: listserv@umslvma.umsl.edu
the body message: unsubscribe sqft
See http://www.umsl.edu/~silvest/garden/sqft.html for archive, FAQ and more.
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index