Pat Meadows wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2003 10:28:16 -0400, DigitalVinyl
wrote:



You would then have a 'raised bed' full of crumbly, dark,
rich soil - in other words, practically perfect growing
conditions. What's the problem with that?

We're creating 'special solar-retaining round raised beds'
at the cost of much labor and time this year. (We're
experimenting with 'tire gardening'.)

I'm already in love with raised beds, and would never go
back to anything else (except containers). The raised beds
have almost all the advantages of containers (except that
they're not movable).

It's a good thing our plants *are* in raised beds at the
moment, as the garden paths are covered by standing water
since all it's done here for a month is rain. But...the
plants are safe in their raised beds.

Hahaha, Evil StandingWater, we have defeated you! You are
vanquished!

Pat

I have raised beds also. They are great for removing
standing water and also for conserving water in a drought.
They make tending the plants and crop rotation easy too.


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On Wed, 28 May 2003 16:40:03 GMT, Bonnie Espenshade
wrote:

Pat Meadows wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2003 10:28:16 -0400, DigitalVinyl
wrote:



You would then have a 'raised bed' full of crumbly, dark,
rich soil - in other words, practically perfect growing
conditions. What's the problem with that?

We're creating 'special solar-retaining round raised beds'
at the cost of much labor and time this year. (We're
experimenting with 'tire gardening'.)

I'm already in love with raised beds, and would never go
back to anything else (except containers). The raised beds
have almost all the advantages of containers (except that
they're not movable).

It's a good thing our plants *are* in raised beds at the
moment, as the garden paths are covered by standing water
since all it's done here for a month is rain. But...the
plants are safe in their raised beds.

Hahaha, Evil StandingWater, we have defeated you! You are
vanquished!

Pat

I have raised beds also. They are great for removing
standing water and also for conserving water in a drought.
They make tending the plants and crop rotation easy too.

Is this why some plants (cuces, zuccini) request planting in hills??



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On Thu, 29 May 2003 06:52:57 GMT, "Dave Allyn"
(Dave Allyn) wrote:



I have raised beds also. They are great for removing
standing water and also for conserving water in a drought.
They make tending the plants and crop rotation easy too.

Is this why some plants (cuces, zuccini) request planting in hills??

No, that's different and it doesn't mean 'hills' either. It
just means 'plant a few seeds together', AFAIK.

I don't know why that expression originated. I think it's
very misleading. Very.

Pat