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Re: Bed Construction



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> From: Denise Beck <denise@saltspring.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Bed Construction
> Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 2:03 PM
> 
> 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. 
	
I totally agree with not making them 4 feet wide--also, I made mine about 6
inches deep, and am currently converting them to deeper beds by putting
another frame on top of the (currently disintegrating) one.  I'm finding
that it seems to work although the bottom isn't completely enclosed.  I
thought the soil might wash out, but if it is, it's very little.  My beds
are on top of a very small layer of topsoil with a lot of sandy fill under
that so they dry out awfully fast.
	My question is what have you done about the paths?  Mine are about 18
inches wide, and I spend entirely too much time trying to keep them from
growing.  I've tried chips, black plastic covered with chips, but they're
still not easy to maintain.  (And I'm not a neatness fiend either.)
	Judy Warner
warner@ultranet.com
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