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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 2, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Robert Walton wrote:

> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:48 PM,  <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
> > Well developed organic soil does not compress, flatten, erode or  
> > otherwise
> > move even in very hard wind and rain.  My entire Center of the  
> > Universe
> > garden is in what you'd technically call "raised beds" but there  
> > have never been
> > any sides on them.  Depending on their age, composition, purpose,  
> > etc. they
> > are anywhere from 6" tall to 30" tall.
> I know we've discussed before, but your beds are just strategically
> place piles of well developed organic soil, then?
>
> Takes care of the sides issue.

Shaped sides require maintenance--deweeding, reshaping--and make the  
plants a further reach from your feet. Their advantages include labor- 
only costs and increased root space per bed top area.

Solid bed sides allow any height, to accomodate joint comfort.