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  • From: "Andeanfx" <andeanfx@midrivers.com>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised bed material
  • Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:45:51 -0600

Paul, sounds like the same proportions except being thinner. The thinker mix is often extruded into blocks which are immediately laid with some additional water to help them stick together. Dean

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


----- Original Message ----- From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised bed material



Actually it's a wet, pourable mix of about one part Portland to ten parts
ordinary dirt, not too sandy or too clay, no organic debris in it. It sets
up like concrete and it's rigid and fairly strong, but you can scratch it.
You don't ram it, just pour into a mold. It ends up white. I've
experimented with it. It'll make sidewalks too.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/5/2009 at 12:42 AM Andeanfx wrote:

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
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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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