Raised Garden Bed Complete

Finished the cover for the first raised garden bed.  Decided to go with EMT conduit for the frame to support the netting.

Here are the assembled hoops setup in a trial run.  I decided to add bars at the base on each side and double up the end hoops to create a track system with some PVC connectors to allow the netting on each side to be raised and lowered.  You can see in the next two pictures with the netting installed the track system that allows the bar on each side slide up with the netting for access to the garden bed from each side.

Stone Raised Garden Bed Completed!

The coping along the top edge of the raised bed are some concrete pavers that I picked up at the local home center.

The next step will be to build a frame over the raised bed for netting to cover the plants, so that my family can enjoy the vegetables instead of the deer.

Slow getting started this spring

Between the weather and finding time to dig in (pun intended), I have gotten off to a slow start this spring.  The first priority before getting back to the driveway retaining wall was to get some good edging down around the raspberry beds, both to keep the lawn out, and the raspberries in.

Here's what I came up with...

The next priority this spring is getting the raised garden beds put together.  Again, I went with stone.  Surprise!  Here you can see some cement pavers that I will use as a coping for the top edge laid out to check for fit and give me an idea of how much cutting I will need to do.

Once these are mortared in level, I will construct a frame over the bed to support netting, or row cover.