Aloha, One thing I learned from others mistakes is to make the bed narrow enough so you can easily weed it. In our case, instead of making a bed that could be nine feet wide, we made two that are three feet wide. I don't know what people can use in the continental U.S. but since I have issues with my back, we made our beds three feet high and filled in the bottom two feet with what here is called cinder. It actually has lots of good stuff for growing in it. Then we topped it off with soil. Betsy At 10:00 AM 2/6/2007, you wrote:
>Assuming that I wanted the garden bed to be three feet high, could I put a >floor in the bed so I wouldn't have to pour in so much soil? If so, how >deep should the soil be? > >-----Original Message----- >From: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Robert J. Moore >Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:55 AM >To: Blind Handyman >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] FW: [blind-gardener] Raised bed garden > >-----Original Message----- >From: <mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com> >[mailto:<mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com> ]On Behalf Of Tessa >Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:39 AM >To: ><mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><mailto:blind-gardener%40yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: Re: [blind-gardener] Raised bed garden > >A lot of the square foot gardeners are using cinder block to build their >beds, you can plant in the centre and inside the holes in the block as well, >just depends on how many you can get and if the look of the thing really >bothers you. > >I had a raised bed 9 ft wide by 16 long only raised about 8 inches >surrounded by boards. I originally thought these were pressure treated but >they aren't as the rot along the inner edges clearly indicates. >My big issue with a raised bed of that size particularly for a blind person >is weeding. I had to make clear path ways in the bed, divide it up into a >tic tac toe board using alternate squares to walk in and crouch in while >weeding. And if she grows tomatoes or just about anything else the pathways >can rapidly disappear. I'm not saying it can't be done only that at least >for me it was a pain. > >I would make the beds smaller 12 ft long by 3 or 4 ft wide so you can reach >into the centre from either side and make them higher. Ideally I think I'd >like beds about 3ft high or a little higher so one doesn't have to bend >quite so much but that would use a lot of soil. >Anyway just some thoughts. > >BTW it hasn't cracked the 0 fahrenheit mark here in a week we've next to no >snow and temps with the wind chill are in the minus 20'sf during the day, >boy I wish this cold snap would break the dog is going stir crazy LOL. She'd >go a lot crazier if I set her at a bus stop to wait for the bus in this >weather that's for sure. >Tessa > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >__________ NOD32 2039 (20070205) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
