Raised Beds- Day 1

Wendy and I decided to build some raised garden beds. We have been growing some of our own vegetables for a few years, but with the inspiration of some friends have decided to increase our production. Our family has become progressively more conscious of what we eat and how we purchase food, so this is a logical step. It falls in line with our new "urban homesteading"attitude. We've also begun raising chickens, so you can probably catch my drift. Enough back story!

Wendy has done the majority of the research. She found a lot of great sites with good, easy to follow instructions. Of course we are facing several obstacles along the way; we're building the beds on a slope, it's the dead of summer, and we're not the handiest family in the world!

We are having fun, though. Right now we are focused on getting the first bed completely finished.We are building three in total. All of the beds will be 4' wide by 14' long. Our goal is to be able to fill them in this weekend so we can begin sowing some seeds for fall crops. We are installing PVC pipe so we can have hoops over the beds to be able to grow through the winter. For us this is all a little ambitious, but I love a good stretch. If you would rather see the video version, check below!