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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> > > How would one move large quantities or heavy materials into or  
> > > out of
> > > such a design?


> > > The only way, I think is by wheelbarrow.

Consider it carefully. A wheelbarrow becomes ever more unwieldy with  
age or infirmity compared to a two-wheeled garden cart. My first  
Heartwood garden design had paths on each side of four-by-sixteen- 
foot beds, alternating between two feet wide and four feet wide. That  
way I could get the big garden cart to one side of each bed and be  
able to merely walk along the other side. Worked good.

Simple mistakes come back to bite. I called the person borrowing my  
cart and asked her to measure the width of the cart. I used that  
measurement to design the main people gate into the garden through  
the moat. Weeks later I found that, alas, she had measured the box,  
but not including the wheels. Major gate rebuilding ensued.