critter - there was a discussion on another forum about using cinder block for raised beds due to the fly ash content of a lot of concrete mixes these days. DD made a big box for her deck in a rental and used a mix of beeswax and something else to help preserve the wood.
I do a lot of container gardening and was wondering about adding small sticks to the pots for the increase in microbial activity. Won't make much of a dent in my surplus of oak limbs, etc the way that a hugel bed would but wondering if it would prove beneficial.
