9th October 2022 - Construction Holes And Soil Displacement!
The construction continues and now the first box is completed… This will be the area to grow flowers. It is quite a bit larger than the raised bed around the trellis so should be able to get a good show of flowers for the bees and other pollinators next year.
Now Desi has completed the weeding of the cabbage patch, it looks rather good. Marigolds are pretty good with cabbage, allegedly good companion planting and helps keep the bugs off (naturally).
Back up at the top of the new plot, you can see the height differential between the top box (now finalised) and the potential steady slope of the soil down to the cold frames and where the new terrace will be.
Also we have now marked out the soil to be removed for the new terrace. It will extend from the side of the small cold frame to where the soil has been turned over on the right hand side. The path will be created out of wood by those two large wooden stakes, and might even have a little storage area designed in.
This part is now taking shape as we go along. Not really any grand designs, just random developments as we go along… adventuring!!
