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Ruth Stout , here I come
On 1/6/2016 9:32 PM, Derald wrote:
"Terry Coombs" wrote: Also to finish defining the terraces . How defined will the terraces be? If you really are starting over, have you considered raised beds? I neglected to mention that since 2008, I've gardened in raised beds that my wife built in 1997 and gardened in for a few years and, despite a few drawbacks, find them advantageous over attempting to maintain the native soil, as I had done previously. In this part of Florida, the only thing that changes within the first 20-30 feet of digging is the color of the sand. And that's the reason we now garden in raised beds. It's hard to make a garden on five feet of Houston gumbo clay fill. The beds of flowers are amended each year as they are in the clay. We dug out three full size pick up beds of clay, hauled it around to the back fence, which was teetering on falling over, and packed the clay in there. Saved the sorry ass fence, which will be replaced this year, and kept the critters from the detention pond from coming under the fence and eating our garden. The snakes alone kept us busy for a while. Mostly harmless water snakes with the odd water moccasin thrown in. The rat terrier no longer has to patrol the back fence and bring us trophies of the kill. Another plus is that we have rolling garden seats and use them along the sides of the raised beds, helping elderly backs and still getting the weeding, etc. done. Weeds seem to have an affinity for raised beds, either that or the birds like to seed them. G We get free fertilizer as one of the beds is under the power lines to a point and the birds rest there frequently. Heavy rain last night around 10 pm, lasted until the wee hours of the morning. Knocked the power out twice. It seems our portion of Harris Cty, TX needs some new electric wires and stations, don't know when we get it though. Neighbors two doors down are on a different sub station and their lights are always on. The rain makes sleeping better, the thunder makes it difficult for the dawg to sleep. Oh well, such is gardening and sleeping for old people. |
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