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Claud The Backyard Farmer (self proclaimed)
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[QUOTE="Claudiusx, post: 1928937, member: 31715"] [header]The Mega "L" Bed[/header] After realizing that the first two beds didn't get as much sun as we wanted, we planned better for this bed. Which I am affectionately referring to as the mega "L" bed! We measured multiple spots in our backyard, and found the perfect spot to place two more beds. Since these weren't going to be going up against a fence line, and we would be able to get to them from all sides, we decided to just go ahead and make them 4 feet wide instead of only 3. One of the reasons we made the first beds that size was because we couldn't get to them from the backside since it was along a fence. So reaching any crops in the back of the bed would be hard if the bed was 4 foot wide. Being 4 foot wide, I wouldn't have any board waste either, as I would just cut 1 8 foot board in half to get 2 4 foot side pieces. But the process of building them was basically the same. I was going to build 2 boxes, and then place them in an L configuration in my yard. I soon realized though after completing the bottom row of the first box, that I didn't have to make 2 seperate boxes. I could just attach the second box to the first one, and not need to use up wood for 1 of the sides. So that's what I did. I'll admit, I didn't take many pictures at all of the build process. I just wanted to get it done. Had I known I was going to make such a detailed journal of this whole journey, I would have :( Either way, it's pretty simple building, and here it is completed! [GALLERY=media, 29585][/GALLERY] There is my daughter for reference. Quite the bit of growing space now! And in 8-10 hour sun! This beast is [b]HEAVY!![/b] Unfortunately, once again, I built it and had it in place before I figured where the sprinklers were. And naturally, there were 3 heads directly under the wood that needed to be dealt with. The box needed only to move a few inches either way to allow me access to the heads. But I'm telling you, this thing was heavy. Me and the wife both used long lever advantages to try to prop the boxes up a little bit off the grass so that they could be moved (jerked angrily) off of the sprinkler heads. Once the boxes were moved slightly, I just tightened down the flow regulator on the heads of the sprinklers in the way as opposed to capping them completely. So when the sprinkler system turns on, they will still try to pop up, but they won't actually spray any water, and the rest of my system will work fine. This was really the lazy way to do it, and I hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the butt later, but truthfully at the point I was at, I'd rather do the hard work later if I need to, as opposed to doing it right now when it's easier. Plus this gives me (or the future homeowner) a chance in the future to remove the beds and still have the full sprinkler system mapped out as intended. Once that was all done, we could continue on with filling the beds the same way we filled the first two. [GALLERY=media, 29139][/GALLERY] That - was - a - lot - of - work! Being simply 1 foot wider meant that each bed had 16 cubic feet more of space to fill up. 32 cubic feet for both beds! Over 1 extra Cu Yard! We were actually worried that we weren't going to have enough organic material to fill the bottoms of the beds. I only ordered 2 yards of potting mix again. We trimmed down every single bush on our property, which is an ungodly amount of bushes by the way. We cut some of them in half, trimmed trees, raked old mulch and leaves from under bushes and plants, and I even cut the grass much shorter than normal just to get the fill material we needed! In the end, we were able to fill them up just enough! However, I probably should have ordered 2 and a half yards, or 3 yards. The beds will most likely settle a bit, and be a little lower than we'd like. But they will still work perfectly well for now. That also gives us room for next season to add in some manure and other mixes to revitalize the soil and bring the level back up. [GALLERY=media, 29240][/GALLERY] Here it is at the end of a LONG HARD day. You see the soil level looks good right now, but within a week it will probably drop an inch or two due to compacting and working down the cracks and empty voids of all the organics at the bottom. The plan was to plant that day too, but we were too dang tired. I actually slept for 12 hours that night. -Brandon [/QUOTE]
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