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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: Friday, May 09, 1997 1:26 AM
> 
> I used bricks in my container garden and it was hell keeping weeds
pulled,
> in fact I just couldn't, so it always looked awful. In my new garden,
I've
> raised the soil with amendments and double-digging, but I've left the
sides
> just as soil, no more boxes for me! Much easier to till in spring and I
can
> always change the configuration of the beds if they don't work out. I
left
> the paths compacted soil (there's a lot of clay in my natural soil) and

>	How high are your beds?  I am afraid I would lose a lot of space since I
would think the sides must slope if there are no sides.  Have you found
this to be true?  How do the beds stay without sides?  I would like to try
this - I find the sides a nuisance in many ways.  Are you going to till the
whole garden every year, or just dig up the beds?  I find that a great many
things grow in my paths, despite my efforts to keep them clean, including
some plants that I don't seed themselves in the beds-so much mulch and dirt
has fallen into them over 8 years that the paths have become good soil.  
Judy Warner
warner@ultranet.com
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