Al,
Looking at putting raised beds for a garden either this spring or next and was wondering how you constructed them. They look like a 4x4 every x feet (maybe 8) and a 1x8? Did I guess right?
Mark
lassig, that's basically it. We have a runoff area just outside the raised beds, so I had to get creative with the layout. But, I used 2X10's 10" long for the sides, and 4X4's 8" long for the posts. This left me with as few cuts as possible. I built the sides in the shop, then just carted them out and laid them out upside down before I drilled the post holes. That took any measurement errors from hosing me. It was much easier than drilling holes and then trying to put it all together in the mud.
Yeah guys, I think a fence will be up soon. Critters don't worry me as much as the huge grasshoppers we'll get in a few months. Momma has some type of homemade Tabasco cocktail that works great in town on the hostas. We'll soon see how good it really is.
TJ, you and you're damned camera thread!
Now we sit out every evening and watch the birds. I'll have to drag the real camera out soon now. Right now, the bluebirds are nesting in the houses we set up for them on dead oak stumps, and we love watching them.
Our favorite birds are the killdeer. If you haven't watched them nest, then you've really missed something cool. They're shore birds, but somehow have adapted to our asphalt parking area.
killdear faking injury
