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Re: Raised Garden Limitations

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>Based on the feedback I got - I'm going ahead with the raised garden this
>weekend....
>One more question.  What, if anything, do I have to do when setting up.  I
>plan
>to rake aside the gravel (no lawn, just desert landscaping).  Is that correct?
>Do I have to do anything to the ground underneath the gravel or can I just 'do
>my thing' right on top of it?  Remember, I can't dig - would be more
>successful
>with dynamite if I had to take that approach <g>.

I built my raised bed on top of alkaline soil. I used some boards to build
foot-deep beds, put newspaper on the bottom (to stop the weeds that were
already there) put a thin layer of gravel down (for drainage) and filled
the rest with imported topsoil. No digging involved.


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Mel Walker    http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/    mwalker@xmission.com
          Backup Minister of Superfluous Government Positions
       and Holder of Past Knowledge, Dogbert's New Ruling Class
 "A Swarm of Killer Shrimp will arrive and devour everything in sight."


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