First I dug up all of the old 2×12 beds. Most were trashed, but I saved the ones I thought I might be able to re-use. The remaining will be cut up into two foot chunks and relegated to the wood-burning furnace in the great room.
Then I went through the garden with the skidsteer and re-leveled everything. I would have been at least a month long job by hand so I was going to rent one until I found a friend that let me borrow his. We also used the trailer we carried the skidsteer on to grab the free blocks.
Hers are some pics of the garden with a big pile of dirt covered with snow.
The following day the snow was gone and I was able to finish two of the raised beds. The weather has now turned bitter cold so I will be relegated to working inside again. Here are a pic of the two beds complete.
so, two out of eight completed. Once the other 6 are done I can re-level that are where the dirt is so I can put the chicken coop in. I will work as weather permits. If the ground is not frozen I am okay with working when it is in the 30’s or 40’s but would rather work on the inside aquaponics project if it is much colder than that.
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