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Dec 16, 2013 7:42 PM CST
Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..
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JuneOntario said:... At a perennials nursery I know, there is a raised bed filled several feet deep with gravel, and all kinds of plants love growing in it. The gravel is just road grade, sandy gravel dug from the local gravel pit. While it dries fast on top, it stays moist beneath the plants.


This just amazes me; no added compost or decomposable materials whatsoever? It sounds way too easy...well, except for moving all that gravel! Whistling

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Beautiful, David. Thumbs up

What type of material is used for the structural layer of this tall one?

DavidofDeLand said:
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