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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

I have Ponderosa pine and Doug fir raised beds, half logs.  They are now 6 
years old and going strong.

Lynda
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so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>

> Hey all,
>
> I've decided that I want to do a raised bed or two. The main reason is
> to have a place to grow salad greens, carrots, etc.
>
> I was thinking to make the bed now and try to get it full of soil by
> fall. I have to clean 2 years of deep bedding from my goat shed, it's
> mostly peed on hay and poop. Lots and lots of wasted hay, so it should
> not be too strong. I can mix in some soil once the bedding composts.
>
> For the sides, I'm looking around to see what I can use that's free. I
> have tons of pine trees. I could cut down a 12" or so thick pine and
> cut logs to make the sides. I think that it would at last 5 or 6 years
> being that thick. In that time, the soil should hold up if I needed to
> remove a log and replace it.
>
> I'm also going to hit up the sawmill and see if they have some cull
> cedar or other lumber that might work.
>
> What problems do you see with my idea for filling the bed and using
> logs as sides?
>
> Rob - Va
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