We were thinking just put plastic against the house then run about a
foot onto the floor of the flower bed ( the bed measures approx 20
feet long by about 2 feet deep, by 1 foot high.) it would run the
water away from the house yet the bed would have drainage. thoughts?
On Nov 13, 4:07 pm, cloud dreamer <Global_Warm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> snogurl wrote:
> > hi list
> > my hubby has just built me a really nice flower box in the front of my
> > downtown home, thing is, the back of the flower box has no frame, the
> > soil would essentially go against the house, which brings me to my
> > question. What material do you reccomend to use as a barrier between
> > soil and wood you DO NOT want to rot? we were thinking thick plastic,
> > but need to know if this is ap****priate.
> > Thanks in advance
>
> You don't want to put plastic there...the retained water would rot
> anything that you planted. And if it were me, I'd want to put a wooden
> barrier on the back. There are other possibilities, but for the sake of
> a flower box, you don't want to risk the water, soil and whatever may be
> in the soil going up against your house. You can easily mount the flower
> pot on a piece of wood instead of the house...and mount that to the
> house...and put thick plastic between the house and the mount just in
case.
>
> You may consider a little landscaping fabric once you put a back on to
> it...but nothing will keep the water from the wood. That's why so many
> are made from cedar. Cedar will last a decade or more.
>
> Expect it to rot in time. You'll get a few years out of it at least.
>
> ..
>
> --
>
> We must change the way we live,
> or the climate will do it for us.
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