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Belgium

Hey!

I have been talking about the 1 foot raised bed I was going to build all season. Today, I finally did it. To some it may not seem like a huge acomplishment, but it was to me because I am young, almost 13, and I did it without the help of an adult, at all. And, it was totally free. I built the actual walls of it with small logs that came from trees we had cut down at an earlier date. To hold the logs up I cut tobacco sticks to my desired length. It took about 5 hours to complete. It is 8"-12" high. It will hold just a wee bit of soil. Problem #2, filling it in with soil. LOL

Jake

9/25/2004 7:32:37 PM

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Good job Jake! Start rooting around for good quality compost/manure blends that you can till into the native soil. Perhaps if you network with the local established business-people arouind town, you might find one that can deliver for you. Good people have a hard time not wanting to help a young enterprising person like yourself.

9/25/2004 8:26:49 PM

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Congrats bro!

9/25/2004 10:13:05 PM

Knopp, Germany

Great job Jake. bet you got sure muscles! Like Steve said, now the soil!

9/26/2004 12:31:33 AM

Knopp, Germany

sore, sure...

9/26/2004 2:38:09 AM

Atlanta, Georgia

Jake,
At thirteen you sure spell better than many around here, right Owen?
LOL!

Congrats on your hard work and I'm shure everyone hopes the effort will be rewarded next year!
Michel

9/26/2004 3:22:15 AM

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Hey Jake,

Prior to dumping in any new soil, it is critical to dig down deeply into the old stuff & begin adding a quantity of the new material slowly as you go. This avoid creating a startified layering effect. When fresh light soil is dumped directly on top of a heavier native soil, the future of rooting & drainage is compromised. Sometimes just digging in some pea gravel & very coarse sand will help if drainage is questional. Then the high quality organic rich topsoil on top.

Since you're only going 8-12" higher though, I would focus on integrating a manure rich compost to add to the existing topsoil.

Do you have a line on a soil source yet? Farmer maybe?

9/26/2004 8:20:44 AM