So, I come up with all sorts of ideas that I would love to do around the house and yard... and luckily I am blessed with a loving husband who helps me out with them! I really wanted to put in a raised bed along the fence where we've been growing veggies... to help improve the soil, hopefully have the soil warm up quicker so that things will grow better... and possibly keep out some of the grass from across the fence.
Chet and I both agreed we'd love to do it in a "green" way... recycling lumber to build it rather than spending $50-60 on new wood. So, we've been search craigslist, soliciting our family and friends and rummaging through out own wood pile. As of this week, we had gathered enough good wood (we kept running into pieces that were too rotten to use) and Chet put this together yesterday!
Area ready for the bed to be put in.
Chet getting the back nailed on.
All put together, just waiting to be filled with more dirt & compost!
I'm hopeful that things will grow well in there. And, if nothing else, it will be easier to pick the things we do get since it is raised up a bit! I've already got some quinoa sprouting in my other bed so I'm getting pretty excited that spring is starting to arrive!
This is just a picture of our dogwood stump... you can see the hole in the center of the 3 foot stump. And we suspect that it just gets bigger as you get down lower. Fun, eh?
I LOVE reading all your posts about gardening... soooo jealous of the green I see in all the pics. We are still a month or so out. Have fun!
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