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  • From: "Jerome Osentowski" <jerome@crmpi.org>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Material for raised bed
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:46:56 -0600

In the beginning was the rock. Check out some beds we built above our pond
with the added heat and reflection from the pond and the large rocks we are
planting this area into nuts ane other zone 5 material. check it out on
our web site jerome
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Jerome Osentowski, Director
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
PO Box 631
Basalt, CO 81621 U.S.A.

Tel/fax (970) 927-4158 E mail: jerome@crmpi.org

For more information, please visit our web site at <<www.crmpi.org>>


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>From: Allan Balliett <igg@igg.com>
>To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [permaculture] Material for raised bed
>Date: Thu, Jul 25, 2002, 5:26 PM
>

> I used to go nuts (and broke!) hunting for the perfect toxin-free
> planks to make raised beds. Nowadays, I just raise beds up with spade
> and fork and use them unframed. Unless you have a need to have a
> physical barrier around the bed, you can get all the benefits of a
> raised bed by simply digging it properly. I got my insights on this
> while reading a book on vegetable production in China. John Jeavon's
> books also give directions on how to make non-eroding raised beds
> without the use of wood, stone or plastic frames.
>
> _Allan Balliett
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