Re: [CH] Raised bed

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I can relate here, I set a raised bed up because the ground is solid clay, I
had good luck last year with cayannes and tomatoes in my raised bed, I
expanded and doubled the size this year and am looking forward to putting a
much wider variety of peppers :-))
I used the same timbers and stacked them three high also. Drains very well
with the mix of top soil and other stuff mixed in... :-)


Tom Cuneo
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:    I went with raised-bed because the Kansas clay would have taken more
:soil prep than I was willing to take on.  It took almost half a ton of
:topsoil (20-some 40# bags).  I mixed a layer of leaves in as
pseudo-compost,
:they had been rottting in the side yard I was too lazy to rake the previous
:fall.  Using commercial topsoil I figured that I could avoid the pH hassle
:and other soil testing chores.
:    I am most definitely sold on raised-beds.  The soil drains well and the
:peppers grow well with minimal intervention.

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