Stuck at home, made something (Update: Plants are planted)

"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner) 03/23/2020 at 08:59 • Filed to: None

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Update: Got it braced up a bit and wife and kids did the planting. Now we are mere months away from self sustainment! (Assuming we want to eat cucumbers, bell peppers, and tomatoes with basil and rosemary.)

M y wife finally got me to make a raised bed for a garden. Pretty simple construction, cedar framing with wire mesh on the inside. Landscape fabric and soil tomorrow (with some rocks at the bottom for drainage).

Nom De Plume > HoustonRunner 03/21/2020 at 20:13

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What is keeping the wire mesh from collapsing on the ends?  

Brickman > HoustonRunner 03/21/2020 at 20:43

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Nice. I want to make a raised bed using garden timbers. 

glemon > HoustonRunner 03/21/2020 at 21:02

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So p lanning  to grow your own food eh?  Smart move

HoustonRunner > Nom De Plume 03/21/2020 at 22:29

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Staples.

notsomethingstructural > HoustonRunner 03/21/2020 at 22:39

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You’re gonna want to brace that bad boy somehow. People forget that and dump like 400-600 # of soil in it and get surprised when it starts to lean.

Put differently would you trust that to support both you and your wife even if you’re  crouching

HoustonRunner > notsomethingstructural 03/21/2020 at 23:27

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Good point.  I’ve got a couple of 2x4s I can use to shore it up tomorrow.

CalzoneGolem > HoustonRunner 03/23/2020 at 09:05

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We’re looking to do something similar. I will use this post as inspiration.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > HoustonRunner 03/23/2020 at 09:27

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I wish it was warm enough to plant things outside here. That won't be the case for another month and a half.