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| Since I had no idea of what the heck I was doing, this took several weekends to complete, LOL..
It's cedar boards on top of stone landscaping blocks. Total depth about 20 inches. Next time, I will not mix materials; it will be either all stone or all boards. Getting the boards to sit right on the stone was a pain, and it still was not as perfect as I would have liked. My back told me after a while that it was good enough though, so I finally listened. My big pot of homemade compost that I was making for the raised bed was a bust; I had been saving coffee grounds all winter and throwing them into a big pot of dirt, only to find this weekend that it had become home to a colony of pavement ants. I didn't want to add ants to my raised bed (although I know they might find it eventually by themselves), so I dumped out the beautiful compost. |
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- Posted by engineeredgarden 7, nw Alabama (My Page) on Sun, Apr 11, 10 at 23:02
| Well, I think you did a great job on it. It can be a real challenge to get pavers level, and I did more than 400 back in October. Whew! Talk about a challenge... Anyway, composting is kinda tricky until you learn how to do it - but then it becomes easy with the right ingredients. EG |
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- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (roselady@ptd.net) on Mon, Apr 12, 10 at 20:24
| Thanks, EG. I've seen some of your amazing projects.. A "great job" from you is praise indeed! Lois in PA |
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- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (roselady@ptd.net) on Fri, May 28, 10 at 23:35
| Planted up the raised bed with heirloom tomatoes and cantaloupe. The cantaloupe is not growing as fast as I'd like, but hey, if it doesn't work out, I will know what not to do next year.
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- Posted by wordwiz (wordwiz@fuse.net) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 17:58
| Lois, It's hard to tell from the images but it looks like your toms are about 6" apart If so, you are giving a new meaning to Square Foot Gardening! Good luck. Mike |
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- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (roselady@ptd.net) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 19:00
| LOL, Mike, no, they are a foot apart.. I marked off 1 ft squares in the bed and planted only 1 per square. But they ARE looking a bit crowded now...They just looked so TINY when I planted them! Probably next year I will mark off the half-foot and only plant them every 18 inches. My next project for a weekend coming soon will be to install a 6 ft trellis next to each row of tomatoes and see if I can get the Florida Weave method to work for me. Thanks for the good wishes. :o) |
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