Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Andeanfx" <andeanfx@midrivers.com>]

Not that I really have the energy as chronologically I am a bit younger than 
you but physiologically is a different story but by soil cement are you 
referring to a mix of sandy soil and Portland cement such as used in rammed 
earth housing?  Dean

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. -- Benjamin Franklin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised bed material


> I can't say what's best for everyone, Dean; depends on what's available 
> and
> what you can work with. But to make it fairly high you probably want 
> cement
> blocks and LOTS of fill dirt.
>
> I use salvage lumber from Home Despot. Not redwood but it'll likely last
> longer than I will. But if I had more time and energy and expected to last
> many years I'd use soil cement.
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
> Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
> - Henry David Thoreau
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 5/3/2009 at 9:56 PM Andeanfx wrote:
>
> > As long as we are on raised beds. we are looking at moving and being able
> > to buy again.  SO, we will be able to treat things as though they were our
> > own.
> >
> > What is the best material for building the walls of fairly high raised
> > beds.  Concrete has chemicals in it, plastic is not good, rock would take
> > up a large amount of space.  I am not comfortable with cedar, redwood
> > would seem to be good but pretty expensive, teak well.......  What is a
> > guy to do?????  Dean
>
>
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