On Mon, 16 May 2005 22:13:11 -0500, the inscrutable Patriarch
spake:

Vince Heuring wrote in
news:160520051813441341%VinceHeuring@dimensional. com:



Not really. :-) It's a Herb Circle that SWMBO wants me to build.
It's an outdoor herb garden made with 12 slightly tapered 3' redwood
2x12 planks buried in a 12' circle flush with the ground. She found
the design in a gardening magazine.

The magazine article says, "To prevent cupping and warping score the
bottom of each plank with several 1/8" cuts using a circular saw."

My question is, does this really work?

TIA, Vince


She should read the old Mother Earth News articles, and plant in
recycled tires painted white... :-)

I find it hard to believe that MEN would publish something like that,
given all the chemicals which leach out of the old tires.


The last time I priced all heart redwood 2x12's, I about choked. And

Yeah, take your portable defib to the lumber yard for large decking
lumber. You'll need it.


it's a 90 minute drive from here to the Redwood Empire, at least
according to the highway signs, so freight isn't the problem. And
redwood sapwood doesn't have the rot resistance for which one seeks
redwood in the first place.

It's not as bad up here as it was in CA.


The redwood is going to last about ten years or so, at least in my
raised bed gardens. It's going to cup anyway, pretty much whatever you
do. I mean, one side is dry, and the other is buried in dirt that you
get wet three times a week, minimum. My advice is to price the redwood,
then ask your wife if she wants the garden that badly. Proceed
according to your best judgement.

Excellent idea. Also, rebarred concrete block makes a nice platform.
Use a green concrete stain on it to blend it into the landscape once
it's up and filled.


Those precast concrete cobblestones make a nice herb garden.

I just plant my basil in the ground-level garden with the rest of the
goodies. My tenbuhten will have cantaloupe, buttercrunch lettuce,
spaghetti squash, radishes, carrots, basil, broccoli, green beans,
Oregon sugar pod peas, cabbage, and okra, all from seed. I picked up a
packet of "mixed herbs" free at the home improvement store in town a
couple weeks ago. It contains dill (ick), sweet marjoram, summer
savory, and Italian basil, so I might give it a couple square feet,
too. I'll till tomorrow and put last year's drip irrigation back into
use again. What a difference in plant growth and lack of weeds!


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