[Ag-eq] Raised beds

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Jody:

I thik a lot of people use the string and stick method for marking rows.  I've
also used long thin boards in the past.  I just layed them on the ground and
planted along the edge.  Once my plants were large enough to easily find I
moved the boards.

We have red and black ants here, but I don't know about fire ants.  I hear
they're terrible.  Chickens will eat ants and I've been told they will eat
scorpians.  I put D.E. around the barn and plants to help keep ants and other
bugs away.

Nella





Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:

> Hi Tracy,
>
> I like the idea of the raised beds.  In Florida we have horrible fire ants
> that we are always trying to kill.  I used to kneel in my garden up north
> but you don't dare do that here or you will get bitten by the darn ants.
>
> I mark my rows with painter's stir sticks and a string, then I run my fist
> down the string marking the spaces between the seeds by finger length or
> fist length depending on the seeds.
>
> What other ideas to you have for spacing rows?
>
> JODY
>
>
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