It was burlap - recycled from some major construction project, I think. It may have originally been used as erosion control barriers, or wattles that another post referred to. It would hold up for a season - MAYBE two if covered for the winter in snowy Cleveland. Great idea for a temporary or trial garden. If you're looking for a source for recycled burlap, many garden centers get their concrete garden statuary and planters shipped to them packed in the burlap bags in which cocoa beans are shipped to the US. You'd have to patch them together, but... When I worked in the garden center, we'd save the bags to cover plant material from late frosts and they survived the elements for quite a while.
Sarah Sarah Bailey Master Gardener Program Coordinator Cooperative Extension Service 1800 Asylum Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 Ph: 860-570-9013 Fax: 860-570-9008 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Samantha Provencio Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Community_garden] san fran victory garden borders I was watching the Victory Garden on PBS and they highlighted the San Francisco victory garden on City Hall. They mentioned the borders (raised beds) that looked like burlap but it wasn't it was some kind of recycled product found locally. Does anyone know what it is and how it would be superior to burlap? and has anyone done a bed like that, how does it stand up over time? what are the limitations...I'm in Cleveland so we get frozen ground and heaving that San Fran might not get...thanks! samantha -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090106/7b82e2c8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
