When I was out visiting Mike and Alice I noticed his raised garden beds. When I was there I took pictures and measurements and took note of the construction techniques he used. I found it came in handy.
Mary had mentioned that she wanted some sorta of garden area so she could plant a few tomato's and such. Maybe some beans, who knows what. Maybe some Basel and mint or some other thing like that.
Our problem here is the fact that we are in a dang woods and no place gets full sun all day long.
I have been watching the sun and noticing where the best place to put a garden would be and picked a spot that looked likely. The problem was there were a bunch of little trees in the area and Mary don't like them cut. Well she went down below for a couple weeks and I decided I would surprise her. I started by cutting down the dang small trees that were shading the area. Then I mowed the weeds and thought about how I was gonna do it. I remembered the ones Mike had put in and found my notes as to his construction techniques. I decided I wanted a long one. I staked off 24 ft and figured 4 ft wide would be fine. I had a bunch of posts and started a digging and setting the posts.
I figured I would have the one end about 2 ft off the ground as that would be comfortable for planting and weeding. I set the posts and strung a line for the level and saw that the other end would be over three ft high! Dang! On well, it sure would be easy to tend.
That has been my project for the last week and a half and Mary has no clue what the hell I am working on. I am sure no carpenter and have taken my time and it has sure helped. I did tell her I had a project going for her but would not tell her what it is. She has no clue. I also told her that if she didn't like it so keep it to herself as it is not ever gonna be moving.
Since the last picture I have lined the sides with heavy duty plastic to keep the dirt and moisture away. The work starts now. I have to fill that bad boy up with dirt. That is a lot of dirt. I am going to clean up the woods of old stumps and other trash and use that as filler and also toss anything else in I can find. It will never be seen. I will then get a half dozen loads of mulch to top it off. Next spring a lot of it will be settled and then I will add some top soil and see what happens. I pretty much finished it today but am thinking of putting a shelf along the facing side for herbs and such. I will see as they are threatening snow flurries this next week. I have been busting my ass to get it done!
This is as I got started
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I have the posts in here and have put up my first top rail. It is made out of 2x6 pressure treated stock and that is hard to handle in 16 ft lengths alone. It was a slow job for sure
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This is a shot of it with the thing almost completed
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Here is a shot of the inside. I have since lined the sides with plastic.
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This is my inspiration and where I got the ideas for building it.
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Mary had mentioned that she wanted some sorta of garden area so she could plant a few tomato's and such. Maybe some beans, who knows what. Maybe some Basel and mint or some other thing like that.
Our problem here is the fact that we are in a dang woods and no place gets full sun all day long.
I have been watching the sun and noticing where the best place to put a garden would be and picked a spot that looked likely. The problem was there were a bunch of little trees in the area and Mary don't like them cut. Well she went down below for a couple weeks and I decided I would surprise her. I started by cutting down the dang small trees that were shading the area. Then I mowed the weeds and thought about how I was gonna do it. I remembered the ones Mike had put in and found my notes as to his construction techniques. I decided I wanted a long one. I staked off 24 ft and figured 4 ft wide would be fine. I had a bunch of posts and started a digging and setting the posts.
I figured I would have the one end about 2 ft off the ground as that would be comfortable for planting and weeding. I set the posts and strung a line for the level and saw that the other end would be over three ft high! Dang! On well, it sure would be easy to tend.
That has been my project for the last week and a half and Mary has no clue what the hell I am working on. I am sure no carpenter and have taken my time and it has sure helped. I did tell her I had a project going for her but would not tell her what it is. She has no clue. I also told her that if she didn't like it so keep it to herself as it is not ever gonna be moving.
Since the last picture I have lined the sides with heavy duty plastic to keep the dirt and moisture away. The work starts now. I have to fill that bad boy up with dirt. That is a lot of dirt. I am going to clean up the woods of old stumps and other trash and use that as filler and also toss anything else in I can find. It will never be seen. I will then get a half dozen loads of mulch to top it off. Next spring a lot of it will be settled and then I will add some top soil and see what happens. I pretty much finished it today but am thinking of putting a shelf along the facing side for herbs and such. I will see as they are threatening snow flurries this next week. I have been busting my ass to get it done!
This is as I got started
[attachment 108345 IMG_8274_1.jpg]
I have the posts in here and have put up my first top rail. It is made out of 2x6 pressure treated stock and that is hard to handle in 16 ft lengths alone. It was a slow job for sure
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This is a shot of it with the thing almost completed
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Here is a shot of the inside. I have since lined the sides with plastic.
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This is my inspiration and where I got the ideas for building it.
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You did good! Please have a great day! Kelley ('Texas) 
The taller the better for old people who can't bend