Six Months In

While the time absolutely CRAWLED waiting for this house to be built, it is now flying by! Moving in, building furniture, hanging pictures, organizing then buying more furniture to organize things has been where most of my time has been spent. I still don’t have a bed or a couch in my living room. My bed I ordered in November should be here this month and a living room couch will wait for next year.

I hired someone to do a landscape design for me. This worked really well at my last house. I could use it as my template and then do an area as the budget/time allowed. I have also hired some help to clear the back property line and may be hiring someone to help me with other random jobs as I need them done.

My latest project was building two 8×4 raised garden beds and two 4×4 raised garden beds (one still needs to be built) using metal roofing, roof flashing, 2x3s as the frame and 2x4s on top to protect hands from the metal roofing edge. They turned out beautiful and I love that they are 2 ft tall so I don’t have to bend at all. Plus that keeps the bunnies out and the the dog from peeing on the plants. I added some deer and rabbit repellant around the area as well. Next step will be to frame the area in and fill with pea gravel or cedar chips….not sure which way I’m going.

I got the plans for these from Youtube – Raised Garden Beds. I will add another brace to the long side on the one closest. I built that one with 4×4 in the corner and they were a pain because the metal roofing couldn’t go to the corner. I will use the roof flashing for the rest and then add some 2x2s to the corners to add strength. I had an old ladder hanging around so painted it and using it for the tomatoes to climb. Used some wire fencing and wood I have to make a bean tunnel. Most plants were from starts with some from seed.