This weekend was a lot of hard physical work. Lucy had banged together two raised gardens out of 1x14 boards I retrieved from the shelter that came down this winter. Reuse, repurpose, rebuild, right? Now she had a third one done and it was time to haul sand again. With that out of the way I got down to filling the wheelbarrow with dirt, wheeling it about 10 feet (just too far to throw it by shovel) and filling the raised garden. Six wheelbarrows full and it was done.
Next? Oh yes, an arch for the wisteria to climb. Lucy had planted it about 4 years ago and last year it really took off and climbed to the roof if the garage. I went out and found two cedar poles ten feet long and eight inches at the butt. I cut a cedar down for another two poles and there we had it. My friend Charles came up on Saturday for the day and we dug four holes in the ground, put the poles up, threw in stones and gravel and dumped a wet mix of concrete to seal it all. A few measurements with the level and some 1x1's screwed in between the posts and everything was left to settle and dry.
The next evening after work I cut a twelve foot length of cedar with a six inch base. Using a few tricks I got it up on top of two poles, marked where it sat, took it down, used the chainsaw to notch flats, put it back up and drilled and hammered spikes in to keep it in place. The next evening I went out to cut down another cedar, got an identical pole out of it and got that one up.
Next I need about thirteen poles, six to eight feet long with four inch butts to go crossways on top of the two twelve foot poles. Once that is done it's time for sweetie to move the wisteria to the arch for a summer of beautiful foliage, flowers and shade!
Next? Oh yes, an arch for the wisteria to climb. Lucy had planted it about 4 years ago and last year it really took off and climbed to the roof if the garage. I went out and found two cedar poles ten feet long and eight inches at the butt. I cut a cedar down for another two poles and there we had it. My friend Charles came up on Saturday for the day and we dug four holes in the ground, put the poles up, threw in stones and gravel and dumped a wet mix of concrete to seal it all. A few measurements with the level and some 1x1's screwed in between the posts and everything was left to settle and dry.
The next evening after work I cut a twelve foot length of cedar with a six inch base. Using a few tricks I got it up on top of two poles, marked where it sat, took it down, used the chainsaw to notch flats, put it back up and drilled and hammered spikes in to keep it in place. The next evening I went out to cut down another cedar, got an identical pole out of it and got that one up.
Next I need about thirteen poles, six to eight feet long with four inch butts to go crossways on top of the two twelve foot poles. Once that is done it's time for sweetie to move the wisteria to the arch for a summer of beautiful foliage, flowers and shade!
Two raised gardens. Yukon Gold potatoes under the straw and various vegetables at the back.
Shady raised garden. Snow peas at the back and lots of other veges in the front.
Wisteria arch in progress (the boss approves)
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