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Re: raised beds

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Do you have a picture of this bed or a rough sketch?

Daryl
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan & Greg Russi <srussi@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: raised beds


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>>Mary,
>>
>>As you know, I went with raised because of the poor soil quality.  
>>As far as I'm concerned, if you have good soil, I see no need to go 
>>with the raised beds, unless you just like the looks of them better. 
>> However, this is stricly my opinion, and someone on the list with 
>>more knowledge may have a better opinion. <g>
>>
>>Holly
>>
>
>Well, I've found raised beds to have many advantages for my garden (Zone 
>9, Sunset Zone 16 CA). For one, even though I have good soil to begin 
>with I don't want to have to "double-dig" down 2-3 feet, where the soil 
>gets more compacted so my raised bed, which is about 3 feet deep can have 
>wonderful loam all the way down. Root crops and things with long tap 
>roots grow much better. Also, the raised bed adds beautiful structure to 
>the garden. I took a Smith & Hawken catalog and sort of copied the one 
>they had (retail for $695) for about $100. I added beautiful finials from 
>Home Depot ($3. each) to each corner and it looks even better than the 
>one in the catalog (IMHO : ).
>
> I added 1" copper banding all around the outsides to deter snails and it 
>seems to be working, haven't had a snail problem. The copper looks great. 
>Also, I created a chicken wire cover for the whole thing which protects 
>it from critters as the seedlings are starting out. Also, created 
>individual little cages like Mel's depending on the needs, size, etc. of 
>the crop. I'm very happy with this one and have had a few people ask me 
>to make one for them. Could be a new sideline business : )
>
>The other advantage for people with small yards it you can put a raised 
>bed nearly anywhere and there's no runoff.
>
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