Wednesday evening when Jared got off work, we drove up the road a ways and bought three food safe barrels for $15 each. We're planning on using them to build some raised bed gardens. We liked the below plans best:
Thursday we went and bought mulch.
Friday after we built our compost bin, Jared cut our barrels in half.
Saturday he went to buy lumber, screws and washers. He only got the screws and washers. Lowe's was out of 4x4's again. The effects of Covid-19 seem to be far reaching at times. His first lay-off week we finished the chicken pen and when he went to buy lumber they were out then too. He then went to Anderson's to buy our lumber. That didn't work this time though because he didn't get there until 12:30 and they as well as TH Rogers both close at noon on weekends.
I decided to use the day making a little flower box from the few good planks left over from the unused quarter of privacy fence from our compost bin.
A little paint really made it look much better. I added some dirt and a few seeds I had collected last year; Black-eyed Susan's and Zinnias. I can't wait for them to grow and bloom.
That brings us to today...
We woke up later than usual and it was HOT and HUMID. We did not want to work outside. Ashley and I made a batch of soap. And Jared did some organizing around his desk. Then it started to cloud over and cool off (barely). He headed out to straighten up the shed and I met him later to use what lumber we had to make a little progress on our project.
We measured and cut three 2x4s per barrel. We clamped them in place, drilled pilot holes, and attached them using screws and washers. The video recommends three per side. We used five.
We were dripping wet and pretty tired so we called it quits after assembling two. We'll get the last one next weekend.
Jared plans to try Anderson's lumber Tuesday after work to buy 4x4s and a few more pieces of lumber.
Wish us luck.
Until next time,
Becky
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