More Garden Dreams

JP and I have been trying to price lumber for building raised beds in our garden. We are hoping that in the future, we can practice no-till gardening, and also have an easier time planting, keeping things weed free, and harvesting. The first order of business was to sketch out plans in order to estimate how much lumber we will be needing.

I finished up the sketch yesterday evening. Look at all the boxes in neat little rows!



Hopefully it will be somewhat close to being that neat and tidy...at least for the first year! The bigger ones are 16 ft x 4 ft, and the smaller ones are 8 ft x 4 ft. We are planning to craft a tiered bed for the strawberries near the center. The size of that is actually unknown. We want to recycle the "dually" wheel rims from the old tractor for the center tier.

Last night, the girls and I constructed these other little garden beds in the kitchen. You can find directions for them here.



Gotta plant, gotta plant, gotta plant!