Re: Raised iris bed construction
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- Subject: Re: Raised iris bed construction
- From: D* B* <d*@llano.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:13:22 -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?
Although I don't "raise" most of my beds, they are all edged. I use
landscape timbers and till and plant inside of them. I drill holes in
each end and then drive a 12" spike through the timber into the ground
to keep them in place. My beds are 5' x 138' and without the spikes
they would never stay in place. The timbers are doing very well here
and do not heave out of the ground as the concrete edging stones do. We
still have 2 beds bordered with those scalloped concrete edging stones
but the next time I dig them they will be replaced with landscaping
timbers as well.
--
Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7 Usda, Zone 10 Sunset
Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
17.76". Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an average
of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
