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RE: Bed Construction

Yes, being a 'short armed' person, I'm opting for the three foot width. 

Do others put stepping stones into their gardens at planting time, so they 
don't have to step on the soil to reach the back of the bed?

Bettye

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From: 	Denise Beck
Sent: 	Wednesday, May 07, 1997 2:03 PM
To: 	veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: 	Re: Bed Construction

Well, I did this, too, for the last thirteen years, and I found that four
feet was just too wide to work comfortably in the middle. If I was going to
do raised beds again, I'd make them 3.5 or just 3 feet wide, and much
longer - 6 to 8 feet. I picked the 4x4 size because of the square foot
gardening book, but I wouldn't do it again. Also, while we're on the
subject of lining the beds, you might want to consider also puting black
landscape cloth or perforated landscape plastic in the bottoms, too, to
prevent those really invasive weeds like crabgrass and bermuda grass and
blackberries and nettles from making an assault from below. I did this with
later boxes and wished I'd done it with all of them!

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia

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> From: Lorraine Hoag <grdnr4u@syix.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Bed Construction
> Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 5:30 AM
> 
> Bettye, The ideal width for a raised bed is four feet. 4X8 is the
practical
> size as the lumber is available in certain lengths and should be taken
into
> consideration. We just finished our sixth bed of redwood "ouch", the
price,
> all lined with hardware cloth to keep the gophers out. Our garden is
located
> between orchards and is heaven to a gopher. The beds are easy to walk
around
> and between and look really cool too. This is going to be the vegetable
area
> of a totally raised bed garden designed in the shape of a knot garden.
And
> when we can afford it a raised pond in the center with a tea house for a
bit
> of shade. It's a wonderful dream but takes a long time to achieve.
> L
> 
> 
> At 12:58 AM 5/7/97 UT, you wrote:
> >What do you consider the ideal width for raised beds?
> >
> >Bettye
> >
> >----------
> >From: 	Duncan McAlpine
> >Sent: 	Monday, May 05, 1997 3:07 PM
> >To: 	veggie-list@eskimo.com
> >Subject: 	How are we doing?
> >
> >How is this mailing list doing? Should I find topics to discuss to kept
> >the thread alive?  Would you like to add  your posting but are to new to
> >the mailing list process? Even though you know the anwser, ask the
> >question to create the thread and you will see new intrest from others
> >who want to learn.
> >-- 
> >Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
> >Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> >http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> >http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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