planters
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Hi Scott and thanks for the compliments!
Technically, they were all for Nora, but she is allowing me at least one (I am hoping for 2) to put berries in. We have blueberries, strawberries and blackberries going now and I would like to add raspberries. Gracie is getting 1/2 to 1 and Nora is going to put veggies and some flowers in the others. There will be a lot of them when all 9 are done, but I suspect that Nora will be able to fill them! She has quite the green thumb.
-John
Technically, they were all for Nora, but she is allowing me at least one (I am hoping for 2) to put berries in. We have blueberries, strawberries and blackberries going now and I would like to add raspberries. Gracie is getting 1/2 to 1 and Nora is going to put veggies and some flowers in the others. There will be a lot of them when all 9 are done, but I suspect that Nora will be able to fill them! She has quite the green thumb.
-John
thanks for the info John, myself an others will enjoy watching the progress
the wildlife will sure enjoy the salad bar
and you where nice enough to raise it all off the ground so the deer wont have to bend over
I know you mentioned possibly installing a fence later when time allows, but another idea for you is to get a motion activated sprinkler (I call them hammer head sprinklers). Google animal sprinkler and they will pop up. The idea is when the sprinkler sees motion (animals) the sprinkler turns on for a period of time, scaring away the animal. For your large salad bar spread you would probably need a few of these but its an idea.
Good luck and again nice job on the planters and thanks for sharing
the wildlife will sure enjoy the salad bar
and you where nice enough to raise it all off the ground so the deer wont have to bend over I know you mentioned possibly installing a fence later when time allows, but another idea for you is to get a motion activated sprinkler (I call them hammer head sprinklers). Google animal sprinkler and they will pop up. The idea is when the sprinkler sees motion (animals) the sprinkler turns on for a period of time, scaring away the animal. For your large salad bar spread you would probably need a few of these but its an idea.
Good luck and again nice job on the planters and thanks for sharing
The beds sit on top of the septic mound. There is only a couple of inches of top soil, then washed stone and then the pipes, so we could not plant on top of what was there and needed to make the raised beds. They have landscape fabric underneath them in case some roots of what is planted try and find their way to the pipes, but I don't think the plants we have send their roots that deep.
-John
