Note - extra posts snuck in earlier this week.
My husband, middle and I previously built five walls at middle’s house. Four of these are raised flower beds. Two hold river rock around utilities, spigots, next to the house.
We built four major walls at our house. All of these are raised flower beds.
We built a recent raised flower bed at middle’s house.
It is the first circle we have done. Making an enclosed wall where everything is level, is a bit tricky.
First we gather supplies and tools. We use a wheel barrow as a rolling toolbox. It is stored in the garage between work sessions.
Many of the plants were moved from my house. I dug, middle potted. We moved them in our car trunk. We also purchased end of the season/50% off perennials and one bush for this bed.
The plants all acclimated in their new location for several weeks while we worked on placement and design.
The lines were finalized, a trench was dug. Paver gravel was pounded in the bottom. An 8’ 2”x4” with a level on top was used to keep everything in line/level. The wall was built. Dirt was added. The plants were planted.
The area between the bed and the house was walled, lined with weed cloth secured by U pins, and filled with washed river rock. This creates an area for the hose. It also gives a spot for the downspout.
