Girdling the neighbors treesI'm emptying, turning, and rebuilding raised beds today. The beds were here when we moved in and there isn't really an option to relocate them on our property.
Our neighbor's cherry trees have a bad habit of infiltrating our beds with roots and causing problems. They form a dense mat of roots about 2/3 deep in the box and suck the soil dry. Heavy duty garden fabric was no match for them by year 2. What are my realistic options for dealing with them and/or preventing them from getting in my beds?
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Copper nails...Girdling the neighbors trees
Hahahaha they'd rather their trees survive and thrive...Girdling the neighbors trees
Thanks for the info, that looks like a real solution, but not in the budget for this year. I hope to install that when the fence fails and needs to be replaced, that way I can trench the whole run along with digging post holes.Copper nails...
Realistically...
Not a lot
A 18-24" deep bamboo barrier along the prop line, or around each box will help for a number of years, but tree roots have a habit of finding nice soils and water in the end.
Cherry roots can be fairly shallow, and after cutting them then the suckers start.
Bamboo Shield - 80 mil thick by 30in depth
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I put this in on a job to prevent the wild area beyond the garden from just marching into the new soils, the root systems are always on the march with native trees and shrubs. Keeps the roots out well...18"-24" is the best for cedar roots, 30" is going to work the best long term.
Lot of work, lot of money...but it works.
We had 28 degrees in Mineral, the lawn and field looked like it snowed.Frost here in Tacoma this morning. Bummer. Hoping it was a light enough one that there won’t be too many adverse effects on my garden.
Frost was announced in Clark county. I made some covers out of saved paper bags and recycled coco basket liners for protective mulch.Frost here in Tacoma this morning. Bummer. Hoping it was a light enough one that there won’t be too many adverse effects on my garden.
Nice. That level of proactivity is something for me to aspire to.Frost was announced in Clark county. I made some covers out of saved paper bags and recycled coco basket liners for protective mulch.
Everything is fine this morning. Put them on this late afternoon / early evening after soil heats up for tonight, then weather here warms up and I will save them for future temp drops
took me a while, staring at it like one of those three d college dorm room posters, but eventually i could see your mildew-ed up camo rig in the picture you posted.Top seed my lawn. It never recovered this spring. It’s an old lawn, facing south into the summer sun and the slope doesn’t help.
I had a crane fly issue as well.
Killed all the moss and raked it out. Treated for the crane flies. Just trying to get it looking halfway decent to get through this year. I’ll have more time to mess with it next year. New grass is just starting to come up. The best part of the old lawn is where I wash my waders off.
As @Mossback says, lawns are overrated.
SF
Nice work. Get some worm castings to add and mix in … it is magic(wilco farm store, or Parkrose (hardware and garden store) helps a lot with water retention and trace minerals ph neutralI'll have a yard of soil delivered later this week to finish off my raised bed renovations then get going on early season seeds.
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The herbs all existed somewhere else and have now been consolidated, awaiting parsley and cilantro in the open spot in the first bed. At just under 100 square feet, I'm trying to squeeze the most amount of produce out of our little backyard garden.
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Robin supervised all day...
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Well, at least when she wasn't taking a nap...
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