Re: Raised beds
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Raised beds
- From: J*@prodigy.com ( DALE NEIL)
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 03:39:11, -0500
G'day Wht Ros,
Nice to see another Rock Islander on here. Chances are (like you
said) there is some erosion taking place on the hill. My Guess would
be that terracing would be the answer but I will be interested in
hearing what others have to say. If you want to go completely natural
for the lumber, I would suggest to use redwood or cedar boards.
Menards has this on sale every few weeks and I've figured out it can
be more economical when they do have it on sale to to get a number of
smaller lengths than to go with the longer boards but you will have
to put a pencil to it when you are ready to buy to see what the best
is for you. I think that 1inch boards would probably work. Conduit or
metal building rods (what do they call those now.... hmmm?) that go
into the ground at least as far as the board is wide and extending
the with of the board would work for support.
If you would want to use pine or more "fragile" lumber, you could
coat it with a water seal before using it. Cedar is naturally rot
resistant though.
Even with the idea of terracing though you will have to consider wood
on the side of the hill too in order to hold in the soil from going
down the side slope. In effect you will be building a number of 3
sided raised beds on the slope.
Those are the things that come to mind just now but then I am due to
fall asleep any minute now so mabe there is more up there that just
isn't wanting to come out.... duh. :-)
Hope this helps some .
Dale Neil
Rock Island, Ill too
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