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Dee Randall
 
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"aem" > wrote in message
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> Dee Randall wrote:
>> Since we are too old to think about gardening anymore (we took down the
>> garden fences), we are thinking about something like this for a few
>> non-spreading herbs. Someone at the assisted living apartments where
>> f-i-l
>> lives built this and I think it is something that we might be able to
>> raise
>> a few herbs without dealing with pots. (I really don't like all those
>> separate pots.) I would put it near the house on a due south side. It
>> would save stooping over for both of us.
>> Dee Dee
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/et9jsm.jpg

>
> That, or something similar, will certainly work. If you can find a
> copy of the old (c. 1980) book "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel
> Bartholomew you'll find useful info both about that kind of structure
> and also about soil mixtures to use. -aem
>


Thanks for the tip. I'll try to find my old copy. I hope I didn't give it
away. A lot of garden books have been going to the Salvation Army lately.
Dee Dee