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This spring's first bed for strawberries. It's mate ended up with tomatoes and tomatillos this year, but I've got enough strawberry babies to transplant them for the spring.Jay, I too love pallet compost beds.
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Please give me your thoughts on my Affordable, double-paned earthbag window concept
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Rob Lineberger wrote:If you're talking about placing stock tanks without any drain holes outside, filling them with grow media, and thinking that some broken pots on the bottom are going to help with moisture control, my answer is no.
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Nothing ruins a neighborhood like paved roads and water lines.
Try harder, fail better... stay golden.
Eventually everything connects, keep doing the things
The idea is to closely pack the biggest chunks of wood at the bottom of the bed with just enough soil around it to fill in the gaps and holes. The wood will act like a giant sponge to hold water. Then you put skinnier branches and wood with a higher percentage of soil on top of that. If you use too much wood higher up, you'll need a source of nitrogen or it will take a couple of years for your growies to be happy. That could mean a cover crop of clover, or something like peas and beans on the north side of the bed where they won't block the light, or sneaking over and watering with well-diluted liquid gold every 4-5 days assuming your neighbor won't disown you if she finds out - some attitudes are harder to shift than others. A 'compost tube' in the center can help as well as usually they end up being worm buffets, but they will also attract slugs, so knowing your eco-system is critical (I have ducks - I "harvest" slugs from areas the ducks are excluded from and I'm greeted well for my efforts.)At 16' x 4' x 3' that's about 64 cubic yards of fill. Moving in the rotting wood will be pretty easy, shoveling the soil a little bit harder. If I go with say a 3 to 1 ration of wood to soil in layers would that be about right? I'll put 6 - 10 inches of better soil and compost on the top.
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