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Debbie
 
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"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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| "David Hare-Scott" > wrote in message
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| > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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| >> 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
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| >> http://tinypic.com/et9jsm.jpg
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| > This sort of raised container would be excellent, just don't get them
too
| > shallow as such will dry out very quickly and require you to water daily
| > or
| > twice daily in hot weather. The pics look like the troughs are only
about
| > 3in deep, I would go for double that.
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| > David
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| Thanks for the info. DH says they were about 6" or so.
| But I think the people that grew the herbs (some tomatoes, too) in this
| system just stopped tending after they discovered they 'could' grow them.
| You know, an experiment, and they lost interest and stopped watering.
| You raise a good point, we turn off our water inside when we leave home
for
| a few days, but DH says he could use the outside water to set up a
| drip-plan.
| Dee Dee

I had herbs in a raised container that was 4 feet deep. It was great. I
filled the bulk of the container with sand for drainage and put good earth
on top of that. I had 3 containers 4' high, 4' long and 2' wide. Besides
herbs I grew root veggies. My last year at the house I grew tomatoes. They
were the best tomatoes I ever grew. Everyone asked what we did. Wish I had
a picture of them to show you.

Debbie