natureboygrower
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thank you so much! very kind of you.it was a lot of work and i loved every part of it(not the blackflies or mosquitos,ate a few on that project) we are very lucky to live on a nice piece of heavily wooded land and i hate cutting down even one tree.I posted on another thread already,but the planters were made from a couple spruce trees i had to cut down then turned into 3' planks with my chainsaw.they range from 9cf to 12 cf.those grow bags are only $16 dollars apiece but i couldnt stand see those trees just rot.What a great set up!
You probably wont need much more as you've already put a ton of work in there.
however,i am bit concerned with heavy rains/groundwater.the planters are 3' tall buried 18" in the ground with 6-10" of drainage stone underneath them.they do fill up if we get a lot of rain(like last night) my soil is nicely aerated(coots mix as well as some extras advised by another member) and it felt really nice and not too wet this am.plants bottom leaves were a bit droopy but weve had rain the last 2 days.i already have a bit of a heavy water hand,i'll really have to be on point with the forecast.if it turns out to be too wet,next year i'll just elevate the planters and backfill around them.sorry for the long ass post lol