g'day martin,

it was built as a temporary garden so the length of time was not a
factor for us but we diid this in the late autumn to early winter last
year and it is still going strong now, so if you wanted to use the
format for a permanenet bed then when the bales rot down too much rake
that material away and put down new bales, the rotting material can
then be used on top of the bed to keep the cycle going.

so once a year might be the average when using full bales.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:32:36 GMT, "Martin"
wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

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