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Raise Your Garden With Trailer Frames
If you have an old trailer frame somewhere on the farm, Rita Sweeney suggests you make it useful by turning it into a raised garden bed. That’s what her family did about 8 years ago, and the 87-year-old says it has allowed her to keep gardening.
“I’m able to keep going because the beds are 24 in. off the gr
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Raise Your Garden With Trailer Frames FARM HOME Miscellaneous f you have an old trailer frame somewhere on the farm Rita Sweeney suggests you make it useful by turning it into a raised garden bed That’s what her family did about 8 years ago and the 87-year-old says it has allowed her to keep gardening “I’m able to keep going because the beds are 24 in off the ground ” she says of the two trailer-frame raised beds on her Brimley Mich property The 4 by 21-ft and 6 by 21-ft frames are set on cement blocks and skirted with lumber to hold good black dirt Being off the ground warms the soil faster which is helpful with the short growing season in Michigan’s upper peninsula “They produce real well ” Sweeney says “I just walk around them weeding or picking veggies strawberries and flowers I plan to garden as long as I can ” She notes her raised beds attracted local media attention That’s what made her want to share it with other FARM SHOW readers “There are lots of trailer frames available and they will never rot ” she says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rita Sweeney Brimley Mich
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