"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
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"simy1" wrote:

cloud dreamer wrote:

Hm, I wonder if we are talking about two different concepts?

My "raised beds" are built out of Cinder blocks or limestone. They
are
essentially giant planters. :-)
This concentrates the water usage considerably for me...

Yes, we are. By raising, you can only lose water, with respect to the
same setup, at a lower elevation. it is not only the increased surface,
but the bits of debris creating gaps, the vole/mole tunnels, and
anything that lets water out in between the cinder blocks or under
them.



And I add a generous amount of peat into my raised beds. The water
retention is phenomenal.

you could do that in sunken beds as well. The difference is that you
would have to dig up soil and replace it with peat. There is nothing in
raising the soil level that improves water retention. Water flows
downhill.

What about container gardens?

I have never been able to raise a container.


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J.C.