Besides doing the greenhouse this year my hubby has made a new plan for the big garden spot we have this year.  He brought in some soil and made big raised rows with it and put up more pipe for beans and such to grow up.  Well I am a bit administrative (no surprise there for those who know me!!) and I suggested that he get wood etc and make proper raised beds as the dirt mounds wouldn’t last through the growing season and if we boxed it in it would be easier for future blah, blah, blah!

He also wants to put dirt around the garden area that is along our fence line, I thought we should raise that up as well and get some red landscaping logs to set it apart from the grass and make it look nice!  My darling husband is all about the vegetables and doesn’t really care how it all looks so I have to put my two cents in when ever I can.  Since we plant veggies in most of the beds it looks quite barren in the off season…..(well, crap really!) and I hate that!!

So, last week he arranged for a friend to take us to Home Depot on Saturday as we don’t have a big truck!  We got up early and after getting a couple other things done arranged to go to Home Depot.  I was going to as the Supervisor!!!  I love that!  My hubby gives me a bad time about this but it’s more in fun than anything cos he really does need my help (whether he chooses to believe that or not! just ask him how many trips back in forth to Home Depot he made while building the green house to take back or get more supplies…:P )

Our new raised beds....

After stopping for a much needed coffee we got to Home Depot and found the wood we were looking for, then it was my thing to figure out how much…..they were both laughing at me as I kept “re-figuring” the amounts but in the end I was happy with what we bought.  Then we had to find some fittings to put it all together and headed to the checkout to pay for all our items, my husband just looks at me with a wry smile as he pays thinking……”She just has so much fun spending my money!”

back three behind the greenhouse

We borrowed a saw from our friend with the truck (which turned out to be a real blessing) and headed home to get to work.  We spent about 4 hours in all outside that afternoon and we got it all done!  I have found out a builder I am not, I can’t hammer nails at all!  but that’s OK cos the man of the house was brilliant!  And the wood we got was just the perfect amount which was awesome, we even had enough to make one more bed which was kind of an after-thought!

Hubby looking tired but satisfied with the work done

It was a fun day outside and by 5:00 I was pooped out and done….which was good timing as we were finished.  And I got a bonus of being taken out to dinner for my efforts which made a nice end to the day!

This weekend we are going to tackle the landscaping log part of our plan….I was informed I needed to help get this done before my dad’s surgery on Monday as I will be gone for the next several weekends….(It’s nice to be needed isn’t it?)

We have had a great time getting all this stuff done and so far it looks great and we already have stuff growing in the greenhouse! Wahoo!!

Cheers!

Grace

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