planter two
May. 26th, 2006 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdI hiked around some in the part of the back yard previously inaccessible but now reachable thanks to all the dead trees and much of the blackberry being knocked down. It turns out there's a bit of a flat spot in there - I'd had no idea. It changes around my plans for the area a bit, and for the better. It's good sized and should make a nice area to sit for several people. Right now, I rather suspect it'll end up being the most formal spot in the entire garden.
Also, remember the time I went looking for the bird feeder the raccoons stole? Guess what I finally found, one year, five months, and 24 days later! It was wedged up against the neighbour's fence, down underneath a raft of blackberry, now downed. They'd apparently tried to drag it through the fence, and, after what I presume to be a colossal struggle, gave up out of rage and/or frustration. They never even got it open, and it's fine, except for being chewed on a bit. There's some bits of rust I want to clean up and paint, but really, I could put it out tomorrow if I wanted.
There were interesting clouds in the distance today:
Neat Clouds
I noticed them while working on the second planter box! I finally dug the three other post holes, built out the box, and got it in place. Now I just need to get dirt!
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
This is what one of these planters look like when I actually make it myself, rather than trying to patch together a badly-constructed and badly-installed pre-existing planter into something that works. I mean, I'm pretty happy with how the original one came together, but it's still bendy and strange.
Yeah, that one leg is floating; the one closest goes down further than the others. That's me getting as much leg depth out of a set of four legs. The sides are stagger-heighted, like I altered the original one into being, which seems kind of obvious given that it's going into the same hill.
When I dropped the bed into the holes (with help from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spazzkat, it was actually very close to centre-bubble level right out the gate. I expected I'd have to do some serious leveling work rather than very slight adjustments, but I didn't, so I'm happy.
Planter In Situ
A little tamping and a little digging and a little filling in of gaps and it's ready to be filled with planting soil dirt. I'll do that tomorrow, I think. It does mean getting out the truck, which is always an adventure.
The new one looks pretty tiny compared to the old one. But it's a smaller site, so that works out fine. The little tree you can see behind the new one will get transplanted away to somewhere it can grow as tall and wide as it wants to. It'll end up being the winter box, in the long term; it gets great spring and autumn sun, but not as much summer sun as the bigger box does. I'm going to try it as a summer box this year anyway, though, just because I don't want to rip everything out of the spring box. And if it doesn't work, eh, it's just a couple of packets of seeds. ^_^
Holes all filled
ETA: Yes, I ended up buying a post-hole digger. It was surprisingly inexpensive, and, also surprisingly, made in the USA. As was the file I used to sharpen it, and the watering can I'd previously bought and very much like. Now I guess I know what other than some cars still gets manufactured in the US!
Also, remember the time I went looking for the bird feeder the raccoons stole? Guess what I finally found, one year, five months, and 24 days later! It was wedged up against the neighbour's fence, down underneath a raft of blackberry, now downed. They'd apparently tried to drag it through the fence, and, after what I presume to be a colossal struggle, gave up out of rage and/or frustration. They never even got it open, and it's fine, except for being chewed on a bit. There's some bits of rust I want to clean up and paint, but really, I could put it out tomorrow if I wanted.
There were interesting clouds in the distance today:
Neat Clouds
I noticed them while working on the second planter box! I finally dug the three other post holes, built out the box, and got it in place. Now I just need to get dirt!
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
This is what one of these planters look like when I actually make it myself, rather than trying to patch together a badly-constructed and badly-installed pre-existing planter into something that works. I mean, I'm pretty happy with how the original one came together, but it's still bendy and strange.
Yeah, that one leg is floating; the one closest goes down further than the others. That's me getting as much leg depth out of a set of four legs. The sides are stagger-heighted, like I altered the original one into being, which seems kind of obvious given that it's going into the same hill.
When I dropped the bed into the holes (with help from
spazzkat, it was actually very close to centre-bubble level right out the gate. I expected I'd have to do some serious leveling work rather than very slight adjustments, but I didn't, so I'm happy.Planter In Situ
A little tamping and a little digging and a little filling in of gaps and it's ready to be filled with planting soil dirt. I'll do that tomorrow, I think. It does mean getting out the truck, which is always an adventure.
The new one looks pretty tiny compared to the old one. But it's a smaller site, so that works out fine. The little tree you can see behind the new one will get transplanted away to somewhere it can grow as tall and wide as it wants to. It'll end up being the winter box, in the long term; it gets great spring and autumn sun, but not as much summer sun as the bigger box does. I'm going to try it as a summer box this year anyway, though, just because I don't want to rip everything out of the spring box. And if it doesn't work, eh, it's just a couple of packets of seeds. ^_^
Holes all filled
ETA: Yes, I ended up buying a post-hole digger. It was surprisingly inexpensive, and, also surprisingly, made in the USA. As was the file I used to sharpen it, and the watering can I'd previously bought and very much like. Now I guess I know what other than some cars still gets manufactured in the US!
