It is amazing how much fun it can be to build something. Take a bunch of materials, mix it all together in the right way and you get... well sometimes it is a mess.
Luckily this time I didn't make too much of a mess.
Here was my plan. Make three raised garden boxes, two for berries and one for vegetables. The berry boxes would be 3 ft by 8 ft by 16 inches. The vegetable box, 3ft by 3ft by 16 inches.
I used (8) 2"x6"x8', (3) 4"x4"x8', (4) 2"x6"x12' and 2lbs of 3 inch deck screws. Then all I needed to build the boxes were a saw horse, power drill and skill saw.
I used redwood because it is naturally more weather resistant and should last 20 years before needing to be replaced.
To make sure the ground was level I moved around all of the dirt in my garden area. Saturday as I was digging and digging like a mad man I thought for a moment, this has to be the first time in my life I am actually enjoying "yard work". It is fun to create, did I mention that already?
One corner of the garden area was lower and since it was up against the house I moved more dirt over there that way it creates a sort of slope away, taking most of the moisture away from the house and hopefully foundation.
Tonight (Monday) when I got home from work I put all the finished boxes in place.
It was dark, the boxes were heavy but I managed to do it by myself.
I can't wait to get the berries in! Too bad it will probably be next year before we get to pick any berries.
I love fresh berries! We do a lot of fixing up around the house and I like to remember what it used to look like before we added the deck or painted the siding. It makes a world of difference.
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