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Post by ahntjudy on May 22, 2024 17:40:01 GMT -5
I'm tired of playing Russian roulette when purchasing romaine at the grocery. That's funny, binny, I feel the same way. And yep, this is a good thread...I just read through it. It always puts a smile on my face when I see tom ๐ . I miss him.
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Post by emmsmommy on May 25, 2024 9:49:14 GMT -5
I miss tom ๐ and SpringRain๐๏ธ too. I have a small pile of garden architecture finds that I need to display in the garden. Every time I see them I think of Tom and Spring Rain and I had many conversations about art and interesting fabrics and I think I'd her often. Back to the subject of raised beds, Remarkably my wooden beds are all still intact though I can see through the end of one. Honestly I'll probably just replace that end and keep going until the rest of it decays. I do love the concrete block beds as they're pretty much maintenance-free though the weeds sometimes can be a challenge in the holes. But except for chipping some mortar off of them, I have zero cost in the four of them. If I rebuild the wooden beds I'm considering going with pine and charring it as I'm seeing lots of videos and articles about how it prolongs the life of the wood.
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Post by binnylou on May 26, 2024 16:02:09 GMT -5
My decision was made and I ordered an 8โ x 2โ x 17โ metal raised bed in British Green. I think itโs handsome. It arrived before the expected date and hubby assembled it the next day.
It has been put in place this morning, I scattered mole repellent in and around, watered thoroughly, and put down cardboard. I was going to put down hardware cloth, but changed my mind. Each Dahlia will have a support stake, and the stakes would damage the hardware cloth. Been there, done that.
Now to start filling grow bags so the soil surface is at 7 inches from the top of the bag. Or thereabouts.
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Post by emmsmommy on May 26, 2024 19:05:57 GMT -5
binnylou, keep us informed on how the beds work out.
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