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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Leonard Pense . . . from just east of Springfield Missouri . . . 
> website is www.gardeningrevolution.com

He is in my area but I haven't met him yet. His garden looks new. I 
tried concrete-block-perimeter beds some years ago and found them 
unsatisfactory. The ground moves, especially with frosts, and when it 
does the blocks go awry, especially when you go more than single 
block high. I started out with four-by-sixteen beds also; it's a good 
size, but the eight-inch blocks make reaching the veggies or pulling 
weeds a longer stretch than if you use white oak planks, which 
eventually rot, or ferrocement, of which I have only one bed so far 
but am convinced is the way to go. A plus of using concrete blocks is 
they provide a wide enough surface upon which to sit.