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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:18 PM, bob ford wrote:

> What is this about with freezers.  ?

When your back no longer likes to bend over to garden at ground level  
you may consider seriously raised gardening beds, well above the norm.  
Old chest freezers sitting on the ground and filled with appropriate  
materials work well as raised gardening beds. Remove the lids, drill  
some drain holes and you are in business. Upright freezers and  
refrigerators would also work but would be lower.

With hardware cloth on the inside of the drain holes, moles are  
history. Armadillos can't climb. Heck, even squirrels might be deterred.