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Bricks and mortar
len gardener wrote:
g'day trish, i can't imagine any issues, spread it over as wide an area as you can. i have hidden rubble broken roof tiles etc.,. under raised garden beds, with no apparent negative results. any break down would be very slow also. with mortar there could also be salt in it as the brickies loam is generally unwashed and contains salt but again i can't see this being as issue either. Thanks, Len! I had no idea what I'd do with all that stuff otherwise. We started off with two long beds against a fence, but the whole project has been so successful, we've decided to go for broke and build another two beds, 4.2m x 1.8m. Yippee! I have *flowers* and last week, I made a spinach and feta pie from my own home-grown spinach! I can feel a dedicated rose garden coming on... -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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We've just demolished an old brick barbecue and propose to bury the
rubble at the bottom of our new (40cm deep) garden bed. Is there likely to be a problem if I put the mortar in as well as the broken bricks? I know the mortar is alkaline, but am hoping it'll be deep enough not to be a problem for me veggies. What do you think? -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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g'day trish,
i can't imagine any issues, spread it over as wide an area as you can. i have hidden rubble broken roof tiles etc.,. under raised garden beds, with no apparent negative results. any break down would be very slow also. with mortar there could also be salt in it as the brickies loam is generally unwashed and contains salt but again i can't see this being as issue either. On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:24:26 +1000, Trish Brown wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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Bricks and mortar
"Trish Brown" wrote in message
... We've just demolished an old brick barbecue and propose to bury the rubble at the bottom of our new (40cm deep) garden bed. Is there likely to be a problem if I put the mortar in as well as the broken bricks? I know the mortar is alkaline, but am hoping it'll be deep enough not to be a problem for me veggies. What do you think? fwiw, i would :-) it's only going to leach downwards, so it is hard to imagine it's going to be a problem. having said that, some people claim that (for example) onion roots actually go down 2 metres. my view is, the massive majority of onion roots go down about 5cm - you can't even KNOW what's 2 metres down there!!! and what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't miss (or at any rate, worry about). g glad your beds are going well! kylie |
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"len gardener" wrote in message news g'day trish, i can't imagine any issues, spread it over as wide an area as you can. i have hidden rubble broken roof tiles etc.,. under raised garden beds, with no apparent negative results. any break down would be very slow also. with mortar there could also be salt in it as the brickies loam is generally unwashed and contains salt but again i can't see this being as issue either. I think Len is right. Any leaching will be very slow to get into the soil above. David |
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Trish Brown wrote: We've just demolished an old brick barbecue and propose to bury the rubble at the bottom of our new (40cm deep) garden bed. Is there likely to be a problem if I put the mortar in as well as the broken bricks? I know the mortar is alkaline, but am hoping it'll be deep enough not to be a problem for me veggies. What do you think? Unless Newcastle has alkaline soil (which I doubt), I can't imagine that it would be a problem. Vegies tend to like it a little bit alkaline anyway. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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