This morning, after we returned from Costco, Christian and I ran down to Lowes to pick up a chop saw and a stand to put on it so we could build a a raised bed. We bought the wood and screws for it last night after work. We had originally planned to build three, but we decided we should build only one first so we could see if we could do it right. Lorena bought a pickup load of bark dust while we were at Lowes. Then, while I assembled the saw and stand, Christian cut the lawn for the first time this year, while Lorena put down weed barrier plastic in the flower bed in front of the house. When she was ready, I shoveled the bark dust where she wanted it. We still need another pickup load, but we made good progress for one day.
Bark dust
Then, Christian helped me finish putting together the saw:
Chop saw
After that, Christian and I built the raised bed. We still have to fill it with dirt, make two more of them, fill THEM with dirt, put some paving bricks around the whole shebang in an aesthetically appealing sort of way, fill the paved off area with a plastic week barrier covered by gravel.
Raised bed
