With the side and entry side well established, it was time to invade the
backyard. Step 1 was to establish raised beds along the edges with the
leftover rocks. Let's haul in more dirt, more sand, more bricks and this
time lets use lawn timbers instead of railroad ties. Oh, and lets rent a
sod cutter to speed things up.
First we establish the beds and the path shapes with lawn timbers. Next
we haul in the dirt and fill up the beds. Then to accomodate the
supervisor, we started laying the bricks. Beneath the paths, we laid PVC
pipe in order to later install our drip tubes and 12 volt lighting wire.
We even planted a few new plants while we were at it.
One last bed along the house. It's going to be a little higher than the rest and
is in the shade most of the day. We're going to start with ferns and see how they
do. These beds are wider in places so planting them will take more thinking. Looking around
we found a need to store our stuff. So, we stopped digging long enough to put up a little barn.
Isn't it amazing how fast things can fill in when you start a new plot.
We have a lot of planting room left but next year, we will be thinning some things back