Hello Carol
    Carol Shenkenberger and Debbie We where talking about Re: Raised Gardens
DW>         We are thinking about making a raised bed garden for 
DW> vegetables..Could anyone please tell me how deep you need to  make 
DW> it? Thanks...
 cs> Grin, I'm so used to container gardening, that now that we have a house,
 cs> Don and i naturally just used the fence edge.  It has a wooden fence
 cs> behind, and a retainer wall making it about 8 inches across and as deep
 cs> as needed.  Thats where our 'garden' is.  Working pretty good but didnt
 cs> plant much and panted a bit late this year.  Got peas (probably would
 cs> work in a container), green beans (might work but I bet you need a 12
 cs> inch depth), green onions, tomatoes, and the lettuce which didnt come up
 cs> (planted too late?  Cheap seeds?). BIG patch of mint that didnt die from
 cs> last year.
        Well the type of garden that I want to plant is a raised bed garden. 
I know you have to put up frame work around it, and of course soil in it. The 
problem is that I don't know what we really need to do to prepare the area 
for it. 8-( 
 cs> Next year, we plan to put in a real garden but we are starting slow and
 cs> steady. The ground needs to be prepped carefully over time as it is a
 cs> sandy poor soil.
        We have great soil and access to potting soil and other type of soils 
that we may need..I do wish you luck with your garden. Hope you have large 
yields and I know that you will enjoy it very much. (I love to work with the 
soil..I don't wear gloves because I love to feel the soil with my bare 
nds.)
        Take care and have fun... 8-)
                                Debbie
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