Raised beds work for special situations. However, ground level beds work
better in some places and they're called wide rows. The principle remains
the same: keep permanent beds for growing and permanent aisles for walking
on. Wide rows are planted intensively just like raised beds, and both make
far more efficient use of available garden space (read productivity) than
single file rows spaced 18" or so apart to accommodate tractor wheels.
Right now I'm doing a hybrid layout, beds dug less than one shovel deep
first and then built up with a mix of aged manure, soil, and alfalfa pellet
mush. The existing topsoil (if you can call it that) is too shallow - a
good case for raised beds. I'm not going to make beds out of subsoil.
Your mileage may vary;-)
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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Most fruit trees if they have had a good year don't fruit so well the
following year and get into a biennial fruit rotation. To bring it
back to annual you have to thin the fruits the next year.
Pete
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