It turns out the best spot for this couples garden was on their front parking strip, so they built a raised garden bed on their front lawn to grow food for themselves & their neighbors. Here’s a short photo journey of their project…
The sunniest spot in our yard is actually the front parking strip in front of our house. We wanted to do something a little more visually interesting than square garden beds, so we planned it out with some string and lawn pins…
We dug up all the grass, since we were too impatient to sod it over properly. Also the triangle in the front is dug down 6″ so that we could have a full 12″ of good dirt without having to build it up…
Brother-in-law constructed the base X of cedar from our garage. The main pieces are actually 10′ long and notched so that they cross in the middle. We also cut and planned out the second layer and side sitting rail, but did not attach them yet…
We moved the awkwardly large piece around the house from the garage to the front strip. Got help from neighbors…
We dug out additional holes for the 4×4 posts to be sunken into the ground for added stability. Our measurements were inexact, so we had to dig out extra-large holes for the posts to make them fit well…
Not sure we needed this step at all since we dug up most of the grass, but we had acquired very thin cardboard, so we put it down and wet it thoroughly before starting to fill with dirt…
Our neighbors were digging up their yard – full of nice fill dirt! – at the same time we were building our bed, so we took about six subarus full of dirt from their house to ours…
Brother-in-law here attaching our sitting rails on the edges of the lowest level. We also finished the filling of the beds with better soil and compost…
For fun, we added a solar post-topper to the center post. Really cool at night, since it acts like a beacon for the garden bed…
Our tomatoes and bean plant, happily started in their new home! It’s late in the summer, so we’ll probably skip right to squashes for planting the rest of the bed…
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