planting in pipes

Mark Mazer markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net
Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:47:34 PDT
>I need a visual on the "drain tiles'.  We have underground clay pipes 
>four to six inches in diameter used for draining water   from down 
>spouts connected to roof gutters.
>
>I think they are called Organgeburg pipes.
>
>Is this the drain tiles we are referring to?
>
>Arnold


There are not many manufacturers of terra cotta drain pipes left in the US. The most interesting ones are hexagonical in shape, used for constructing storage for the bottles in wine cellars.  They stack neatly without mortar.

Mark Mazer
Hertford, North Carolina  USA


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