Now, most of the time Buster ambles along slowly sniffing things, but once in awhile he follows our other dogs to the fence running hell-bent-for-leather. It's located, by necessity, about two feet from a path used by my old, blind Basset Hound, Buster. Sunday, I laid out my concrete blocks for the first bed in my backyard. I've already spent way too much money on potting soil this year!īoy, do I feel guilty today. I've got 48 holes to fill up, and that would take a lot of potting soil. Not knowing if it would work or not, I've been throwing small amounts of composting material into the holes, then spading a bit of potting soil on top. When I set my blocks out as my garden edging, I tucked some newspaper underneath the blocks to anchor it down and choke the grass, and I water the holes when I water my garden. Anyone have any luck with bulbs in these things? I'm trying to decide if I want them to just look pretty as an edging, or if I actually want to put some kind of edible perennials in them. I may not get anything into them until next year. I'm going to check out that Cinder Block Gardens book for things to plant in them now. So far, this seems to be working really well in terms of holding moisture but allowing for drainage. I coated just the tops and sides, leaving the insides of the blocks unpainted so they'll absorb water. I painted my cinder blocks with one coat of latex DryLoc masonry paint, which is supposed to waterproof the blocks when building foundations and basement walls and such. Enjoy the book!! Happy Easter to everyone and remember why we even celebrate Easter. But I do plan to use cinder blocks when I get back stateside next year hopefully. Also, I think they are considerably more expensive here than stateside. They are sort of a combination of the two, so you lose those little extra planting spaces. They are more brick-like, only much larger than a typical brick. I currently live in Germany and cannot get the same type of blocks that are available in the states, as the blocks over here don't have the two openings in each block. ![]() Even though how to use cinder blocks is fairly simple, the author has a lot of other useful information that is in the book. Check to see if it is available at your local library or your favorite bookstore or garden center. ![]() There is also planting guide for several types of plants. It has several layout plans for various size garden beds. There is a book about building a garden with cinder blocks by Lynn A. SweetBrat and all other interested folks,
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