I have a lot of cut pieces of tree trunks laying around, and during spring clean-up I also ran across some 1 x 6 planks.
Result?
Check it out:
(it's in process)
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Very nice, has the elegance of simplicity.
I don't know if that is just where you were working on putting it together, but it is not a good idea to have a raised bed right up against your house. Not good for the plants, because the house shades it and not good for the house, because it keeps moisture against the foundation all the time.
I don't know if that is just where you were working on putting it together, but it is not a good idea to have a raised bed right up against your house. Not good for the plants, because the house shades it and not good for the house, because it keeps moisture against the foundation all the time.
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Looks good! Built in garden seating. I know I always enjoy recycling old materials into something useful anytime I can too. I agree with the moisture up against the foundation can be bad but if you move the raised bed away from the house slightly and it's on the south side of the house it shouldn't be shaded and will get plenty of sunlight. You'll have to update us with some more pics once you get it planted.
Okay - here comes the video and the final outcome of it:
I DO hear you about your concerns, and wonder about a few things myself - but DANG!!!
Ain't no lack of materials, and it beats letting them just go to rot!
I saw also that from farther away it followed the contour of the ground. I like the "Shibui" aspect of it though. It follows the natural contour of the ground easily because of short sections being set in. It is also very changeable
- you can pick up the parts of it and move them if you want to...
So what it IS, it's a raised bed made of left over materiel that can also be altered or moved around.
Like the "FUTURE" it is "not set" - it can become whatever is necessary over time, flexible. Adaptable...
~ and I like that too
*On a final note - I considered cutting down the height of the tree sections. (Making them level with the tops of the boards)
I have no idea what the end height or "Tallness" of that raised bed will be - but when I thought it over I realized that it may change
over time. It is good that it is so 'Malleable' or flexible. I can always use a longer log section next time, and in between the soil
will pack down and conform to the shape it was put in.
~So it's all good! It will become what it will.
Wolfie out
* If you were wondering about what that chainsaw was - it is a "SUNJOE" "SAWJOE" 18" electric saw, and
it is about the best saw I have ever had. I am not telling you this because I am getting anything paid to me
to say it, it's just a damned good saw. It has an OREGON bar and chain, and I cut an OAK tree down with it
I DO hear you about your concerns, and wonder about a few things myself - but DANG!!!
Ain't no lack of materials, and it beats letting them just go to rot!
I saw also that from farther away it followed the contour of the ground. I like the "Shibui" aspect of it though. It follows the natural contour of the ground easily because of short sections being set in. It is also very changeable
- you can pick up the parts of it and move them if you want to...
So what it IS, it's a raised bed made of left over materiel that can also be altered or moved around.
Like the "FUTURE" it is "not set" - it can become whatever is necessary over time, flexible. Adaptable...
~ and I like that too
*On a final note - I considered cutting down the height of the tree sections. (Making them level with the tops of the boards)
I have no idea what the end height or "Tallness" of that raised bed will be - but when I thought it over I realized that it may change
over time. It is good that it is so 'Malleable' or flexible. I can always use a longer log section next time, and in between the soil
will pack down and conform to the shape it was put in.
~So it's all good! It will become what it will.
Wolfie out
* If you were wondering about what that chainsaw was - it is a "SUNJOE" "SAWJOE" 18" electric saw, and
it is about the best saw I have ever had. I am not telling you this because I am getting anything paid to me
to say it, it's just a damned good saw. It has an OREGON bar and chain, and I cut an OAK tree down with it
The principle reason why I built that bed came from the last five years of trying to grow lettuce and greens.
I have struggled with bolting plants again and again - and what I think the mistake is:
Lettuce needs to have the growing conditions that FERNS do.
Shelter, water (moistness), average temperature (shade), and DO NOT FERTILISE!!!
So I have created a place just for them in the back of the house (it's the north side) where I wanted to see what they did out there
in the very hot summers of Memphis Tennessee.
A "Created Environment" just for them - that's the entire reason for all of that.
As you look at the video and other pictures - you see small green stuffs.
~ Those are what I am interested in back there. Plants that by their habit must grow in shade
The Memphis TM region is miserable in the hot summer
I have struggled with bolting plants again and again - and what I think the mistake is:
Lettuce needs to have the growing conditions that FERNS do.
Shelter, water (moistness), average temperature (shade), and DO NOT FERTILISE!!!
So I have created a place just for them in the back of the house (it's the north side) where I wanted to see what they did out there
in the very hot summers of Memphis Tennessee.
A "Created Environment" just for them - that's the entire reason for all of that.
As you look at the video and other pictures - you see small green stuffs.
~ Those are what I am interested in back there. Plants that by their habit must grow in shade
The Memphis TM region is miserable in the hot summer