18-03-2004, 04:29 AM
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Material for raised bed
(Melinda) wrote:
If you have Cedar in your area use to logs cut to length, drill holes and
stake. Cedar will last for years. We have dead Cedars on our farm and I use
them for steps, raised beds, so forth. Another idea is to use stone, instead
of wood.
What is called cedar varies considerably across the country. Here in
the East, Virginia Juniper is called Red Cedar. It is OK but locust is
better. Most fence posts here are locust. There are no native cedars
in the US. The Cedar of Lebanon and Blue Atlas are true cedars but are
not native. The others are a variety of different things. I have an
Alaska Yellow Cedar that is actually Chamaecyparis nootkatensis.
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