Our first year trying to grow vegetables. We decided to use cinder blocks to form five raised beds. We made some mistakes, but also had some successes. A lea…
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would it be asking too much for the camera person to zoom out once in a
while and give us a big picture, good grief…we are not idiots, we have
seen vegetables before
Yes, just stacked.We had some red rock gravel and we scooped some that in
about every 4th or 5th hole about 3/5 to the top. We put soil on the top
and grew herbs & some annuals. This was our first winter & we had no push
out. Eventually that might happen so some strategic Sackrete might be
necessary. They are stacked alternately. The blocks are not sealed so water
can escape
Thank you!
mdw302
March 1, 2014 at 9:41 pm
I really enjoyed the tour. I am not interested in trying the cinder blocks
in our backyard garden.
James Mann
March 1, 2014 at 10:27 pm
Sorry about that!
mdw302
March 1, 2014 at 10:40 pm
would it be asking too much for the camera person to zoom out once in a
while and give us a big picture, good grief…we are not idiots, we have
seen vegetables before
TheHobbgobblin
March 1, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Yes, just stacked.We had some red rock gravel and we scooped some that in
about every 4th or 5th hole about 3/5 to the top. We put soil on the top
and grew herbs & some annuals. This was our first winter & we had no push
out. Eventually that might happen so some strategic Sackrete might be
necessary. They are stacked alternately. The blocks are not sealed so water
can escape
mdw302
March 1, 2014 at 11:35 pm