Day One of Pergola to Vegetable Garden, a project we started last weekend. When we first toured this home before buying in August, we were surprised to find in an otherwise pristine yard, a small area of the backyard left un-touched. The previous owners told us at the time what they had planned for it, but Becky's thoughts were focused instead on what it could be - a vegetable garden! Of course Tripp was excited to hear of the idea (the cost of lumber, soil, plants, mulch, and labor adding up quickly in his mind) and was eager to begin work. So after a few months of settling in and settling down, we've finally begun this monumental project.
First we carefully dismantled the horrific pergola built by the previous owners. Honestly, attached to such a beautiful home, this thing was atrocious and it needed to be replaced with something more...attractive. Our main complaints were the un-coordinating columns (the home has all square columns), the lack of paint on the horizontal pieces, and the general appearance of "yucky." So Tripp climbed on the ladder and handed the 2x8s one by one to Becky who carefully, under the watchful eye of Kaya and Emma, removed every nail. We then sat and discussed the design for the raised beds we were about to construct. We decided for ease of construction we would simply cut the 2x8s in half and then make rectangles out of the resulting wood, creating 3 boxes of similar size. Tripp worked the saw while Becky cleared the area of brush and pine needles, freed some leftover pots from creeping vines, and did her best to grade the area. After we removed some landscaping edging we started to see the new space for what it could be and got a little excited! That is, of course, untill Tripp brought up how much soil and mulch we needed and went for the weed killer.At the end of Day 1 we were left with this:
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