Garden Beds

The finished garden beds

We spent the weekend building garden beds. We have a small garden in our back yard right now, but it gets crowded. We just recently had some work done on the yard which freed up a tremendous amount of space in our side yard. We thought about putting in a raised brick garden but settled on square wooden raised beds. We went to Lowes on Friday to pick up the boards and a new drill (hooray for variable speed drills!) and spent a couple hours Saturday and Sunday morning. It was a 2 person job which meant we had to wait for Eva to be asleep or for Sam to watch her to get it done. As such we didn't finish the construction of the four beds until this morning. My delicate computer programmer hands are very sore today :)

Elias was really into it. We drilled a bunch of holes in some spare boards and gave him a hammer and a few screws. He went to town on it screwing and hammering the board until it was pock marked with scars. I think that board filled with bent nails is still sitting on top of his play set. I'll have to remember to pull it down before we have youthful company over again. :)

Elias positions a board to nail it together.

Now that we have the bins we just need to fill them with dirt and plants. The ground in Rita Ranch is pretty much solid concrete. I don't think anything can live in the soil without additive healthy dirt being introduced. Hence the reason for the raised beds. We're debating having the landscaper come back and dig out the trenches for the drip lines - and bring soil with him - or doing it ourself. Having the landscaper do it has the added benefit of getting done sooner rather than later. Curse me and my procrastination!