Once I had cleared the side yard for Patch Market I needed to build a raised bed. I wanted the bed to be large enough for several different types of veggies and cheap. I wanted to recycle. That didn't happen but I was crafty. I found some old bricks from a project we'd done on the house (sitting in the drive way for 2 years) and bought a couple of cinder blocks (@$1.21/cb) to fill in the lack of bricks. The bed would have been a lot prettier in all brick because it would have matched our house more but it looks good enough and cost me very little in supplies. Well, not including the soil. Being a very petite 5'2 and 108lbs. it was difficult to load the cinder blocks and bricks into wheelbarrow I happened to have (another home repair project) but I managed alone. That isn't to say I didn't almost role down our driveway a few times and trip over my own feet half a dozen times but I did manage. It was hard work and I was sore in the morning. I know everyone says gardening is hard work but stupid ass me I thought 'lazy'. I was wrong.
Like I said, I almost rolled down our hill, and tripped but that wasn't all. I also almost flew over the edge of the wheelbarrow pulling out roots. I got soil in my eye about 4 times putting the bricks in place and smashed my fingers with the cinder blocks. To put the icing on the cake on the way out of Patch I caught my pinky finger on a thorn and bled out gracefully all over my new gardening gloves. So much for all the fun! I think it'll start getting better now that all the heavier lifting is done. Well, I hope so because I don't think the almost's are going to last. Soon I'll be posting "I did's".
Total Cost for bed: $14.52 + tax
