Re: Raised iris bed construction
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- Subject: Re: Raised iris bed construction
- From: d*@cornell.edu (Dorothy A. Fingerhood)
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:44:05 -0600 (MDT)
>...I am going to make some raised beds to plant iris in. My question: Is
a 2x4 on its side
>deep enough or should I get something more along the lines of
>landscape timbers?
Teresa--I would go with something a bit more substantial than 2 x 4s. I had
irises in raised beds done with small landscape timbers, and those worked
fairly well--altho the winter freeze-thaw cycles here still moved the
timbers around more than I liked. I'm not sure where you are, but that
might be a consideration. The more mass, the better it'll stay in place.
Also my so-called "pressure-treated" timbers began to disintegrate in a
scant 5 yrs., so I don't think 2 x 4s have much of a life expectancy in a
climate similar to mine.
Happy building!
Dorothy Fingerhood
daf10@cornell.edu
Newfield, NY (Zone 4/5)
