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Gardening

intheflow

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3. Great idea but it wouldn't work with everything.

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Sun Mar 24, 2013, 09:15 PM

Mar 2013

Lettuces, annual herbs, yes. But most veggies have deeper root systems. Still, you could put down boards on a raised bed and it would help discourage weeds until the plants developed larger leaves, shading the ground and discouraging weeds.

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Got Pallets? Hate weeding? [View all] Mira Mar 2013 OP

fantastic! thanks, Mira ... I am going to do these this season! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #1

Glad you found us....don't be a stranger. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #2

Great idea but it wouldn't work with everything. intheflow Mar 2013 #3

I'm no gardener Mira Mar 2013 #6

Do you think that stacking pallets Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #7

Really cool idea, but I'd bet my weeds would just sprout sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #4

Great Idea and easy, Thanks!..nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #5