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Posted by earthlypassion Z5 NY (My Page) on Mon, May 24, 04 at 15:03
| I'm very new to gardening and just moved to Ulster County.I could use some suggestions on where to find stones or bricks for my garden border. I started my first flower garden this spring and it came out much bigger than I had planned!
Any ideas for interesting inexpensive borders would also be most welcome. |
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RE: Garden Border Help
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| Grab a pick axe and start digging. You'll find more than enough rocks to make a border. Cultivate your flower beds to the depth of a few feet and you should be able to build a fortress with what you've pulled out. There is no soil in this part of the country, only rocks and stuff in between. If you're not feeling up to the labor, I'd recommend calling your local highway department and asking them about telephone poles they may have replaced over the past year. The poles are treated with creosote so they'll last a good while. |
RE: Garden Border Help
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Thank you Shakazulu.
I've heard of using old railroad ties but never telephone poles,that's a cool idea. |
RE: Garden Border Help
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| Beware of creosote and other preservatives in the garden. They leach cancerous poisons into your water system and food, and they make the garden smell bad. I have to laugh at the places that have a sign that says "Landscape Materials" in Ulster County. All they are are piles of bluestone and other rock rubble you can pick up on the side of ANY road in the area. Drive through the country and you can fill your trunk. We are very special rock gardeners here! |
RE: Garden Border Help
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| Thought of another idea for a border, though this won't do much if you are looking to create a raised bed. My sister does a lot of work at a horse farm and gave me a box of old horseshoes. I stuck the prongs in the ground and overlapped the shoes to form a border around my garlic bed. I think they look rather nice like that. |
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