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  • From: maria morehead <spiralmother@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Walls for raised garden beds
  • Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 10:48:28 -0700

Hi Ray~
That sounds fascinating. Do you have any pictures to share of the process?

thanks~
maria

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Ray Cirino <cobanation@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Paul,
> Thanks for putting it out there about raised beds. Here's how I've been
> building raised beds.
> I'm building an amphitheater for seating around Water Woman and the beds
> are the swells of energy pulsating out into the the rest of the world.
>
> Ray
>
>
> --- On Sat, 4/4/09, paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com> wrote:
>
> From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Walls for raised garden beds
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:27 PM
>
> Raised beds can help you get two weeks (or more) from each end of the
> growing season.
>
> They can also help you to create micro climates.
>
> Raised beds are extra, extra good for those that have soil that is too wet.
> Or for those with no soil at all!
>
> Raised beds help you to have a planting area that nobody ever walks on and
> compacts - thus having exceptionally fryable soil without tilling and
> without tilling, you can accumulate soil structure and OM.
>
> I think if we tried, we could probably come up with two dozen reasons to
> have raised beds - this is just what popped into my head this moment.
>
> I guess the moral of the story is that the one time work pays you back for
> decades into the future.
>
> Can you think of a time when it isn't worth it? I've heard that in some
> super hot places, they actually do the opposite: trench gardening.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Golden Love <goldenlove@cruzio.com> wrote:
>
> > Why raised beds? ..... do you have gophers.....poor soil conditions?
> > Another alternative is to create a rain harvesting earth work to collect
> > rain and graywater to water your veggies with. Why make it complicated?
> >
> > Smiles,
> >
> > Golden
> >
> > Golden Love
> > Love's Gardens
> > "Your neighborhood solar-powered gardener" (TM)
> > California Licensed Contractor C27 363672
> > 127 National St.
> > Santa Cruz, CA 95060-6516
> > Phone (831) 471-9100
> > Fax ( 831) 471-9200
> > goldenlove@lovesgardens.com
> > www.lovesgardens.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim Helwig
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:13 AM
> > To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [permaculture] Walls for raised garden beds
> >
> > I am looking for advice on what sustainable, low cost techniques could be
> > used for constructing a fair number of raised garden beds 1-2 feet in
> > height. I am thinking cob or rammed earth may be options, but am
> concerned
> > about their longevity when exposed to the elements. Searching the web has
> > not turned up anything definitive yet. Any suggestions or success
> stories?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > JimH
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