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- Path: sparky!uunet!icd.ab.com!ganymede!kowalski
- From: kowalski@ganymede (Patty Kowalski)
- Subject: raised beds and maple roots
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.145910.7389@icd.ab.com>
- Keywords: raised, roots, maple
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- Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Ann Arbor MI, USA
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:59:10 GMT
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- I moved into a house with zero landscaping in front, except
- for empty beds extending two feet from teh front of the
- house. The front yard also has HUGE maple trees, make for
- complete shade. The problem: when putting in annuals last
- summer, I discovered the trees (I assume) also have roots
- which make digging next to impossible. This year, I want to
- plant some shade-loving shrubs, ground cover, and annuals,
- which means I'll have to dig even deeper.
-
- Two ideas: (1)try to dig out the roots (with rototillers?
- saws?) so as to clear things out. Will this hurt the
- trees and wont the roots just come right back? (2) Make
- raised beds to plant in. Will it be "bad" for the house,
- drainage-wise, to have a raised bed up against the house
- (we have no basement or crawl space)? Will the roots grow
- up into my raised bed, creating the same problem again?
-
- Any experience or ideas would be appreciated!
-
-
- pk
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