Have a great invention to help with gardening? Are you the self-reliant type that prefers Building It Yourself vs. buying it? Share and discuss your ideas and projects with other members.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
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Back in the day when I was in the construction biz,those new fangled Lazer levels showed up and all the sub contractors started using them.I had always used a plumb-bob and water level and found some work of the Lazer level not to be true.If they are not calibrated(as it states in the product directions/maintenance/manuals)periodically they will go out of wack(dropping,jarring,lightbead lengths enlargement s etc.)I used to water level a snap line horizontally,and plumb bob a vertical line so when those Lazer levels came on the job they were tested by us.I sent a lot of those Lazer levels back to the shop.Even in multi story structures a true benchline and as a plumb bob we would transfer up a steel line hung at the top of structure(usually off of the stationary crane) with concrete blocks as a bottom weght.Gravity never lies.
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Started building it today. I got the basic structure up. It still needs 4x4 posts to tie it down and help straighten the 2x10s. Then the second coat of paint. Filling with soil and shredded oak leaves. And eventually before spring - put a picket fence looking front on it. Oh yeah, and I made it level. it would have looked awful out of level. The bricks under the low side are spaced to let flood water out when needed.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Between The Woodlands and Spring, Texas
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Robert the raised beds look great. I hope you have a bountiful harvest.
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Fantastic looking.
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Thank you both
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A
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Nice job Robert! Looks great
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Nicely done Salt. Looks fantastic.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
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very nice. I can picture lots of green already.
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Looking good Robert, we're cabin bound here. A forecast of 2" snow became 12" yesterday and it's 15 degrees this morning.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: S.E. Michigan (Livonia)
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Beauteous !!
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: southeastern PA
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Very attractive, Robert. That's going to be a lot of growing space!
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Thank you everyone. The back 3' area is for cherry tomatoes. It's strange to think I'll be starting seeds in a couple of weeks.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Oklahoma
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Nice work salt
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I built this today, December 25, 2015. It is what the other raised bed started out to be in the first post on this thread. It's at the end of our house where our living room is with two windows looking out onto it (First picture). It's measures 15 x 12' overall. The two side beds are 5.5' wide and the back bed is 3' wide x 15' long. The keyhole path is 4' wide. It's sitting 31' from the other raised beds shown above.
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