The following is a catalogue of what I went through in order to create four raised beds for my garden last summer. When I bought this cool old 1930's house a couple year's back, I intended to have a terrific garden. When I got was an overproducing loquat tree and a strange circular patch of lawn with odd sprinkler system and a lot of downhill run-off. The nice thing about this town is that the older homes have enormous back yards that belonged originally to farmer types. As a result, they tend to have numerous old fruit trees. Mine had the loquat, a nectarine, and two very lovely grape vines. I wanted to grow all my own veggies and see if I could feed myself through the year.
So, here's the scoop along with some photographs of how that process unfolded and what has happened as a result.
