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Cinderblock Raised Beds
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big brown horse
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Wow, those ARE nice!! 
Have fun designing and planting!! Thanks for the ideas too.
(Hang out with us more often girl!)
Have fun designing and planting!! Thanks for the ideas too.
(Hang out with us more often girl!)
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lupinfarm
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Haha, I think I shall have to. I've been really slack about planting the last 2 years. This year we did way better, I had a fairly large Brussels crop, lots of baby carrots, way too many Tomatoes, and a lot of Potatoes but other than that I've been lazy lol.
Our fruits trees took a pretty nasty hit from the bugs but I managed to save everyone despite not getting any fruit. I have so much to do. Establish a raspberry bed garden, plant more raspberries in the front garden behind our picket fence, and get back to work on our limestone raised bed in the front garden not to mention all the raised beds and fencing still to do PLUS breeding the goats next fall. And now we're getting rid of most of our chickens (14 red hens are going, most to be rehomed and those that are doing poorly to be culled).
Our fruits trees took a pretty nasty hit from the bugs but I managed to save everyone despite not getting any fruit. I have so much to do. Establish a raspberry bed garden, plant more raspberries in the front garden behind our picket fence, and get back to work on our limestone raised bed in the front garden not to mention all the raised beds and fencing still to do PLUS breeding the goats next fall. And now we're getting rid of most of our chickens (14 red hens are going, most to be rehomed and those that are doing poorly to be culled).
ohiofarmgirl
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hey lupin! good to see you over here
i've used broken concrete and cinderblocks (and whatever i can find) to make raised beds - they work great!
hey BBH!
i've used broken concrete and cinderblocks (and whatever i can find) to make raised beds - they work great!
hey BBH!
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lupinfarm
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ohiofarmgirl! i've just been reading your blog for the past ten minutes and i have to admit, i'm dying with laughter here. you're hilarious. we do indeed have similar happenings here at the hill house homstead LOL. nothing quite like your gander confrontation since my ducks are scared of the world.
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hee hee hee
i know that my gander loves me. he's just afraid to commit. or something. anyway thats what i've been telling myself. i still love him.
;-)
i know that my gander loves me. he's just afraid to commit. or something. anyway thats what i've been telling myself. i still love him.
;-)
MorelCabin
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Wonderful idea! I garden surrounded by a herb garden in the brick holes! Love it!
Wolf-Kim
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.... I shouldn't have looked.... I shouldn't have looked...
But I did and here is a question. Where do you get the soil to fill the beds? That seems to be the hardest part, for us anyway.
There is a place nearby that sells the 'mistake' cinderblocks for a low price, I'll have to see how much they cost. Who started this thread? You're in trouble!! And now you've gotten me in trouble...
But I did and here is a question. Where do you get the soil to fill the beds? That seems to be the hardest part, for us anyway.
There is a place nearby that sells the 'mistake' cinderblocks for a low price, I'll have to see how much they cost. Who started this thread? You're in trouble!! And now you've gotten me in trouble...
MorelCabin
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I've been to NC...ya, you guys are really soil depleted huh? What do they use for gardens down there...do you have to buy it in individual bags at like a home depot or something? Here in Canada we call and have a big dump truck drop off a huge pileWolf-Kim said:.... I shouldn't have looked.... I shouldn't have looked...
But I did and here is a question. Where do you get the soil to fill the beds? That seems to be the hardest part, for us anyway.
There is a place nearby that sells the 'mistake' cinderblocks for a low price, I'll have to see how much they cost. Who started this thread? You're in trouble!! And now you've gotten me in trouble...
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lupinfarm
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Yep Morel is right, we pick a soil/ag yard and have them dump away LOL. It's not even that expensive either and out here every town has atleast 10 soil and mulch yards.
Or, if you're like me who is completely ridiculously silly, you pick it up in the back of your short-bed F-150 and struggle home hoping your tail gate doesn't burst open and topsoil doesn't create a black arrow of shame upon your farm lol.
Or, if you're like me who is completely ridiculously silly, you pick it up in the back of your short-bed F-150 and struggle home hoping your tail gate doesn't burst open and topsoil doesn't create a black arrow of shame upon your farm lol.
