https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/heat-sinks/ Farm. Food. Life. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/heat-sinks/#comment-38153 Mon, 31 May 2021 13:04:21 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=141857#comment-38153 We live in Michigan, and we are building tall raised bed gardens (36″) so I don’t have to bend over. We quickly realized the expense of filling them with gravel and soil would be cost prohibitive. We’re thinking of using a series of 15-gal drums filled with water and some anti-freeze, leaving head space in case they freeze, to fill the bottom 26″, then put a “false bottom” board, enclose it all with plastic sheeting, then put in our soil. Do think this will work as a heat sink, or will the water have the opposite effect? We’re debating about whether to fill in around the water tanks with something – any suggestions?

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2020/11/heat-sinks/#comment-36458 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:24:11 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=141857#comment-36458 Wow, tomato raisins! I must try this. Beautiful!!

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