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Apr. 10th, 2011 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holytoastrToday I built a tiny garden area for STRAWBERRIES! Yum!
I didn't want to have to dig up the dirt and do battle with the thick tree roots all over the yard, so I made a slightly raised box out of some old planks of wood I found sitting around the backyard. I feel quite clever for recycling the old wood.
In later weeks, I will need to buy fresh wood to build a raised garden for my tomatoes and other veggie plants. A kit is $70 but I priced out the wood by itself. If I do it all on my own, it should come out to about $40. And then I will get free compost/mulch from the county, so that should handle the massive amount of dirt I will need to fill the box.
I also need to figure out what I want to do about a compost bin. Is there any kind anyone would recommend? I guess I could just make a big pile, but that kills the ocd side of me. I was hoping for something around $50, but that dream was shattered when I looked at the prices in the stores. Wow. Maybe I should just buy some fencing and nail together a big box.
I didn't want to have to dig up the dirt and do battle with the thick tree roots all over the yard, so I made a slightly raised box out of some old planks of wood I found sitting around the backyard. I feel quite clever for recycling the old wood.
In later weeks, I will need to buy fresh wood to build a raised garden for my tomatoes and other veggie plants. A kit is $70 but I priced out the wood by itself. If I do it all on my own, it should come out to about $40. And then I will get free compost/mulch from the county, so that should handle the massive amount of dirt I will need to fill the box.
I also need to figure out what I want to do about a compost bin. Is there any kind anyone would recommend? I guess I could just make a big pile, but that kills the ocd side of me. I was hoping for something around $50, but that dream was shattered when I looked at the prices in the stores. Wow. Maybe I should just buy some fencing and nail together a big box.
