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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
My wife wanted to plant some rhubarb and something else behind our back fence in the lane. It got me thinking about soil contamination. Whether in the lane, or in the yard, who knows what happened for the 100 years this lot has been in use before we showed up.
Is growing stuff directly in the ground a bad idea? Do people do soil contamination tests? Any options that won't break the bank?
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im actually going to do a garden along my fence by alley, it's about a 35ft x 8ft area, going to put lots of fresh soil to build it up high enough to avoid any alley contamination, i already have about 1ft of spent coco coir laid in there.
I need a way to keep people/dogs from pissing in there, maybe chicken wire or something but i'm worried if too obvious the city might notice and make me remove the garden. any ideas?
I don't know if anyone is interested but I could give a section to someone to grow some veg in exchange for help prepping and planting etc?