cedar frame
Raised flower bed showdown: Part 2
After I hauled all of my oh-so-sustainable cedar lumber home from Gabriola to build my raised cedar flower beds, I decided I needed to build a fifth box in the front yard to make the most of the sunniest spot in my yard.
Time for a trip to Hell Depot.
Despite the fact that Angus (my partner) insisted I could use a jigsaw to cut through 4×4 cedar posts, I decided to buy a proper skill saw to do the task, and left him at home because he clearly has NO CLUE.
When I arrived, I encountered some good ol’ sexism on the loose: smirks and jeers as I ferried my new skill saw through the lumber section, and a weak-ass attempt at unloading the WORST pieces of lumber in the entire lot onto me. After the Home Depot guy insisted on helping me pull out the pieces, I picked up a board, held it level to my eye and said, “This board is more crooked than a mountain road! Is that the best one in the pile? Look! It’s full of knots!” Then he backed off and decided that, despite being female, perhaps I had some credibility after all.
I digress…
Triumphant, I got the shipment home, assembled my saw horses and started measuring and cutting the new boards with a little Led Zep on. I got the old man to help with this task of course, because I needed someone to catch the boards (you didn’t actually think I’d let him near the saw, did you?)
My Raised Flower Beds
I have a particular landscaping challenge that I want to fix in my garden this year. The last tenant in my house pulled up the entire front lawn and turned it into a garden space. Love it! Except that it’s a huge space without any sort of pathways or bed shaping.
This makes for easy tilling, convenient crop rotations and flexible planning each year, but it also means way more space for weeds to grow, stepping on crops and a sloppy looking front yard.
I want to keep as much of that space open for planting in the front yard as possible this year, but I also want to create some easy to maintain pathways and confine the amount of exposed space so I can actually keep it weeded for a change.
Solution: raised garden beds
There are several options out there for the do-it-yourselfer, and I managed to luck my way into the cheapest option of all: Free.
Cracked Pot Pix
