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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] [KC No-Till] Growing Veggies on a Former Parking Lot
  • Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 21:44:10 -0600


Fairly extreme terracing, hmm? It's always about adapting best methods to
wherever we hang our hat. To begin with we have shallow topsoil so it needs
raised beds to get soil depth. Also we're on a slight slope, not bad but
enough to rule out flat gardening. So I've made a LOT of framed beds with
salvage 2" lumber, wider boards on the downside. Sides sit in a shallow
trough with dirt fill around to help keep water inside the bed. And since the
ground is uneven I make 8' sections 3' wide and join the next 8' section a
little higher or lower so beds can be as long or short as needed on uneven
ground. All screwed together cheap, no fancy brackets or kits. Somewhere else
it all might be different, huh?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/1/2011 at 8:58 PM Marty Kraft wrote:

>I would like that information.
>
>Marty
>On May 1, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Ken Hargesheimer wrote:
>
>> I visited a farm in Honduras that had a 72° slope. Had been farmed
>> for 6 years. During Hurricane Mitch with 30 inches of rain, no
>> erosion!!! The farmer had built benches one meter wide and each
>> one meter below the next one with a very slight slope to a grassed
>> waterway.
>>
>> That could be adjusted to be used anywhere in the world. I can
>> send info to anyone who wants it.
>>
>> Ken H
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