The Garden - The 2024 Sequel to the 2023 Failure

 Against my better judgment, I put out the funds to build myself yet another garden this year, this time taking things several steps further by not only increasing the width of the bed but also the length. On top of that, I've also gone ahead and bought stone pavers, chicken wire, a few shepherd hooks, and a whole lot of soil. 

So in this entry, I want to post several pictures of the process as well as begin a brand new series of Garden Update for 2024. 

So, starting out, this is what I had to work with. It's right outside my bedroom, visible from my favorite sitting and reading chair. I always wanted a garden here for the ease of access, but due to my dog, it wasn't reasonably affordable to do so. 

But then, I make far more money now, soooo!

32 bags of raised bed soil. 50 pavers. 2 2x12x12 treated boards. 1 2x8x12. 2 rolls of 4ft chicken wire. 

All delivered from work.

The most difficult part of this whole project was just having to transport all of the materials from one part of the yard to the next.

The day went on, the sun eventually came out, and things got a little more comfortable. The pavers went down first to act as a sort of leveler for where the bed would go.

My dog had to quite literally get in the middle of the garden bed construction.

This is easily the biggest raised bed I've had yet, Coming in at 12 feet long, 4 feet across, and 12 inches deep! Weather-treated lumber was used, so this sucker isn't going anywhere for a good long while.

Also found this really nice set of wind chimes/weather vane. I wanted a pair of bamboo chimes, which I am still definitely going to get, but I loved the look of this one and couldn't pass it up.

Probably going to have to get a bigger hummingbird feeder, but here are the bird feeders propped up on the two shepherd's hooks. Probably need to put something on the pole holding the seed to stop the local squirrel population.

Once we got the fencing up and the spiffy little latch gate installed, I was able to go through and start filling the bed and getting it ready for planting this Sunday. 

And speaking of planting,

Because I have trouble keeping track of things when I plant them, I intend to make a blog post for each of these with all of the information that I can refer back to in the coming months.