Been pretty busy lately. We had this brilliant idea to replace my mounded raised beds with real wooden sided beds. We built 4 13×3′ beds, 2 13×4′ beds, 3 11×3′ beds. Building the beds was easy but moving the mounds out of the way and then filling them back in wasn’t so much fun and my back/neck/legs/feet/hands/shoulders/knees/butt/teeth are feeling it. So now we have the greenhouse & a row of the raised beds done & almost filled. We only have 3 13×3′, 2 13×4′ and 2 44×2′ beds left! Just typing that tires me out!
This spring we decided to do a few little projects outside. We are moving our 12×12′ pool shed to a new location (have to dig a foundation & backfill with stone & move the wiring & plumbing), building a 3’ high 40’ long retaining wall, replacing an ancient privacy fence with wrought iron along the top of the wall and buiding a small separate deck for our hot tub. I also decided to incorporate the hexagonal gazebo into the retaining wall (a small 3 sided jut out) & found some free patio stones (brick sized) to lay a patio underneath the gazebo. When that is done we found free pillar tops on kijiji and are going to build little stone entranceway posts at the bottom of the driveway – oh speaking of the driveway, we are getting 20 yards of stone to thicken it up a bit. I guess that I will have to get the rake back out (darn driveway is 30’wide and 60 feet long). So much for a few little buidling projects!
Anyone got a strong back & want to come help dig? (:
Pictures
Main: the after mostly done bits
Picture #2 the before
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Comments
Gardenerd wrote:
WOW! just… WOW! this is amazing! All that hard work will most certainly be worth its weight in gold! er.. vegetables! :)
Posted on 11 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
nickyn wrote:
Looking at the pics – it looks kind of funny – all those raised beds in front of 50 acres of perfectly tilled soil! Ah well… if only all 50 acres were mine!!! (: Too bad that they plant cattle corn this year & not sweet corn!
Posted on 11 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
FunkyJan wrote:
Nice! The greenhouse AND the raised beds look awesome! =D
Posted on 11 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
seeingreen wrote:
Well done! Its a great feeling, standing back when all is finished isn’t it, but blimey – that’s a lot of work. My back aches in sympathy!
Posted on 11 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
nickyn wrote:
Thanks for the thumbs ups and sympathies! We sit on the swing under the pear tree & survey our little kingdom during every phase of construction – that is where the pictures are taken from. You are right. It feels great to know that we did it all ourselves!
Posted on 12 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
cuylarmntherbs wrote:
Absolutely Amazing!!! that is a tremendous amount of work but WOW!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your space : )
Posted on 12 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
LouiseM wrote:
I love your raised bed design! As I well recall, retrofitting such things is always a bigger pain than building them from scratch. Sounds like you’ve a busy time ahead – take care of your back!
Posted on 13 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
nickyn wrote:
The retrofitting is a pain. I keep looking at the flat stretch of grass beside the garden & thinking how much easier it would be to rent a sod lifter & build on even ground! Ah well… I am very happy with the result. We have been resting all week to get to work on the weekend. (:
Posted on 13 Apr 12 (about 1 year ago)
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