SHE SAID RAISED BED

(Music: SHE SAID SHE SAID, Lennon-McCartney) (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)

She said
I grow all my food in raised beds
Growing food there makes me so glad
And I'm feeling I know why this technique was born 

She said
All amendments go on the beds
All the water and all the care
And the path stays the same, all foot traffic goes there

She said you should never step on the beds
I said no, no, no, you're wrong, when I was a boy
I'm sure it was alright
I'm sure it was alright

She said
Get this notion into your head
You don't want to cause compaction there
Make your bed light and fluffy, not stomped and deformed

She said plants grow close together this way
Roots have downward room to spread, plants get better sun
Leaves keep sun off soil
Water loss is less

I said
I bet raised beds drain better too
In the spring they're easier to work
And the humus holds moisture when summer sets in

She said (she said)
I grow all my food in raised beds (I grow all my food in raised beds)
Growing food there makes me so glad (growing food there makes me so glad)
I grow all my food in raised beds (I grow all my food in raised beds)

Comments: As a counterbalance to SHE DUG YOU, this celebration of raised-bed gardening makes it clear that the biointensive school has much to offer. The pairing of this lyric with the tune of the Beatles' SHE SAID SHE SAID makes for an intriguing combination, highlighting the ambiguity and confusion which can occur whenever we seek truth or intimacy, whether in gardening or in love. Jam based the lyrics on a conversation he had with organic gardening icon/chef extraordinaire Pierre Fondu, during a particularly memorable party in Hollywood.oHohHhhHHHOKiejdiof’a=

Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)