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    Raised beds for my front yard planter next to driveway...

    thanks.. In my case the concrete blocks would be below the surrounding chips and whatnot -- I do not want them visible at all. As for hitting a car door with them, none of them -- I will probably do a single rectangular shaped planter in the center of the "plot" so any car door would be several...
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    Raised beds for my front yard planter next to driveway...

    Thanks.. I hadn't thought of that actually.. I don't think SCE would like me painting their man hole cover.. lol.. It says on top -- high voltage and whatnot..
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    Raised beds for my front yard planter next to driveway...

    hey all.. so I started yet another task in my yard.. I started digging up this one plot of dirt that is on the left side of my driveway.. since it’s where all of my utilities come in I had to get the lines mapped by calling 811 so they could map their respective lines. Gas, electric, cable...
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    Posting short videos?

    Thanks all!! I forgot to check for my answer!! Doh!
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    Anyone know what this is?

    Thanks! She tried the leaves and said they tasted green...
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    Posting short videos?

    i have a short butterfly video I’d like to share but wasn’t sure if the site supports that or if they’re wanted or not.. I suppose I could post it to YouTube and provide a link..? Just wanted to check.. thanks!
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    Anyone know what this is?

    This was found growing in my friends community garden plot here in southern Ca.. it kinda looks like celery but she said she didn’t think it was.. she did try eating it and it had a green flavor give or take.. thoughts??
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    If I remember, I will snap a few pictures and post them here later. I don’t think they will be up before probably April sometime… They actually have a preserve out here for just the poppies. it’s quite spectacular in the right year
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    thanks.. I agree its nice to see the rain -- we had some nice lightning and thunder about a day ago.. Nice to hear that -- love that stuff! Our CA wild poppies ought to be quite the sight this year with all this rain! Luckily for me its only about a 20 minute drive from my place..
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    On a side note, we got a LOT of rain last night and I had dug some of my holes out a bit more a few days ago.. This is what I found this AM -- obviously the drainage rates are different between these two holes that are about 5-6 feet apart. If you have any ideas on what the scum is on top of the...
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    I may have to see what extensions are around here.. I know in general I can grow pretty much whatever can be grown in Arizona in large part -- but have to be careful for cold stuff as we do get down to the mid 20's here in the winter. I do know enough now that blackberries while they can live...
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    I don't know yet.. I think the two holes are about 5-6' apart and if I can make an oblong planter encompassing the two holes and put veggies in the middle -- but I'd love to have the planter to a height of perhaps 3'.. Perhaps the first year I'll opt to not have any trees but to just have...
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    I should state that I might opt to build a cinder block planter around these holes to raise the trees off the ground a bit -- or perhaps I'll just do something seasonal for now till I know what I want to do with these guys.. thoughts would be, obviously, greatly appreciated!
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    Difficult soil.. prep?

    Ok.. So it's been almost a year since I started this thread. We've had a good amount of rain this winter so far (5.6") considering I'm in the high desert on the edge of Los Angeles county. Anyway, I never bothered to fill in these two holes -- they were left open for all these months...
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    Keep or ditch?

    Thanks! With that note I might just proceed to dig them up and prepare for other plants.. Thanks much!!
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