On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:09:17 -0600, wrote:

I am getting ready to build a couple of 4 x 12 foot raised garden boxes.
Any pointers or suggestions. Mostly will be for tomatoes, onions, garlic,
and kitchen herbs ( cilantro, rosemary, oregano, etc I live in north
Texas, Dallas area

bob
I started with a trench, filled it with baled hay, then added a 2ft
tall wooden box and back-filled it with the soil from the trench. Now
I just keep it topped off with compost as the hay rots and the soil
settles. It's working really well for me. I have a 10 ft trellis and have
had both Early Girl and Mortgage Lifter tomatoes top the trellis.

No matter what you do, it's hard to get too much organic material into the
soil (the more you add, the faster it will deplete) -- but try anyways!

You can check the sand / silt / adobe / loam / organic content of your
soil by putting a heaping handful in a quart canning jar along with enough
water to fill it. Give it a shake and let it settle for about a week.
Stuff will separate out into layers that you can measure with a tape ...
or just eyeball.

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