Building Time

 Building time!!  

Is is getting exciting here!  Hubby and kids put together the first 2 of the beds. 

 Here is a picture of one.

Oh did I not mention I got the ones that are 74cm high?  That way there is now bending over on my knees and then having to get back up again.  And the beds are deep enough to access, from one side, all crops.  But can be easily accessed from all 4 sides if needed.  No more kneeling in the middle of the patch to reach those pesky weeds and my crops. 

So now the fun begins.  

We thought of how we could get these off the ground slightly for a) better drainage and b) not sitting in the grass as hubby did not want to lay straw or anything on the ground.  He still wants to be able to mow between rows and whipper snip around them without doing it on the bed itself.  We felt a concrete base would work for this.  But to do one big enough for the 2.5m by 1.2 m bed would cost a bit.  Below you shall see the cost saving solution. 

This was the hubbies ingenius way of not filling the whole of the base.  It allows the garden bed to sit on top of concrete without having to cost a lot.  Less than one bag of concrete per bed.  Nice!

He gave them a day or two to cure then put the bed on top.  

They look pretty good on their little base.  Keeps it looking nice and neat too.  

Next post will be the filling.  And let me tell you, they took some filling!  

Happy gardening!