This garden is four bricks by six bricks, each being 16-inches long by 8-inches tall by 8-inches wide. All four corners are 8-inch square blocks. Total dimensions inside are 64 inches by 96 inches by 8 inches deep. The holes in the bricks will also be used to plant in, which adds that much more space to the garden.
The Hengel truck came by right at 9am and delivered our precious garden soil (happy dance). Tony was out chaperoning a field trip with the four oldest kids, so I had to wait for them to come home before digging in (little #5 and the new puppy take up all of my attention). Once Tony and the kids got home, we set to work getting the larger of the two planned raised beds set up. Here's a photo of the lawn before we started to set up. What a waste of space if you ask me. Grass that needs to be mowed regularly... not pretty to look at and definitely not productive for a hungry family! We started by laying out cardboard, and then putting the blocks along the edge. the cardboard is a barrier between the good garden soil and the grass and weeds beneath. It is meant to keep the grass and weeds from just coming up in the raised garden. Using cardboard also assures that in a year or two it will compost itself, further helping the garden (or at least that's the idea). This garden is four bricks by six bricks, each being 16-inches long by 8-inches tall by 8-inches wide. All four corners are 8-inch square blocks. Total dimensions inside are 64 inches by 96 inches by 8 inches deep. The holes in the bricks will also be used to plant in, which adds that much more space to the garden. After the first wheelbarrow full of dirt, I realized that it was going to be a lot more work that I anticipated to fill this garden with soil. The soil was delivered in the back yard, and this garden is in the front. The shoveling isn't bad, but pushing/pulling that heavy wheelbarrow all the way from behind the garage to the front yard is back breaking. I have a new-found respect for professional landscapers! We didn't quite finish this project today. It started to sprinkle and we needed to stop to make/eat dinner, but it looks pretty good anyway. I need to finalize my planting design so we can get stuff in there as soon as possible. I was considering doing some corn, peas, beans, squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, and melons in this one. I just need to set up a trellis along that back side.
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