fiwit's blog: My next project -- the Middle

(note: as ever, click photos to embiggen)

Back on the 6th of March, I posted about my "next project," a raised bed expansion in the back yard. At that point, I had gotten the landscape timbers I needed, but hadn't done much of anything else.

I dropped the idea of the inset portion, and went with a straight line (it was easier, and more aesthetically pleasing, for me).  When it was finished, the dogs wanted to check it out, so I knew I needed a barrier on top of it. I couldn't stand looking at that "lame border fence" anymore, so it went to recycling, and I invested in some vinyl lattice sheets.   Seems you can get them in 2x8ft sections, and that was perfect.

I call this phase "the middle" because it will be at least fall before I'm ready to think about planting in it. First I'm trying to kill the vinca minor groundcover that's in the original portion, and I still need to fill in the expanded portion.  Total bed-size is now approximately 11x40ft, and at least 5x40 of that is new.

So I'm tossing old brush, new brush, papers, cardboard, etc in there.  Grass clippings will go in there as well, when I have some.  If I can snag some free wood chips, I'll toss those in, too. This picture is from April 8.

I've been cutting down some smaller trees that were in bad locations, or trees I didn't want, so I've tossed those in as well.  These pictures were taken today. I *should* go in there and trim the branches from those logs, but that can wait for another day.

By October, I want to be putting some plants in there.  We'll see if we make that target date or not.  First, I need to finish putting down the plastice to bake the groundcover.

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