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    Sounds good Lady, I'll give Da Hubs the suggestion. All of the boxes are great, you guys do great work

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twitchy View Post
    I would be leery of using the red mulch near gardens used for food production... Depending on what type of process the manufacturer uses to dye it, It could contain Heavy metal preservatives and/or arsenic or Iron Oxides... It generally isn't recommended to use colored mulch near food crops...

    Thanks, I hadn't thought of any issues with the mulch. I'll check it out.

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    Just following up with you folks. The mulch I'm using is from Margo Garden products and I reached out to that company directly inquiring about the food safety of this product. I was informed that their red mulch is made from virgin pine and colored with red iron oxide, which is reportedly safe.

    Thanks for looking out!

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    beets planted:



    cukes and zucchini coming up:



    Adding mulch to a new one:



    about 1/2 full of mulch, ready for soil:

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    Pics didn't come through .

    Never mind. Must have been my phone. I like the planters.
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    Cool, what is that you planted them in?
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    Those are called 'vane tubes' something we make at work. I picked up 4 a couple years ago at scrap price because they were screwed up. They make awesome planters!
    Wasn't your phone BP. I redid the links.
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    Looks like big turbine blades.
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    They look perfect for beds and high enough you don't have to stand on your head to work in them.

    I am getting ready to start on 3 for the lady my wife works for. Most likely will use landscape timbers for them. She wants them easily watered which h got me looking seriously at the drip irrigation. I have been wanting one for myself so this gets it moving and will have some experience with them before I start on mine.

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    You're close helo, they actually act as airflow straighteners; and are positioned directly behind the fan blades. The air that a fan pushes, spirals down a duct in an inefficient manner, this thing would take the spiral out and allow the air to flow smoothly.

    and yeah, perfect height for working in, but also perfect height for the deer to browse buffet style. lol.
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