trudy's Blog

I stopped procrastinating
Feb 17, 2008 | 6:34 PM PST
Tags: wooden , raised beds , cider blocks , herbs , chives , lemon balm , leeks , orange tree

What a beautiful day it was today.  Sun was shining this morning, then stayed cloudy an a slight breeze the rest of the afternoon.  I finally got one of my wooden raised beds torn apart due to it rotting away.  My FIL had given me a good many cider blocks so I lined them up around the wooden bed, then ripped it apart.  I couldn't believe I had the perfect amount of soil.  The new block bed is 10 blocks long by 5 blocks wide.  I planted the herbs that were in that bed into the holes of the cider blocks.  I had thyme, parsley, chives, lemon balm, curry an some leeks.   I hope they will survive in them holes,  if not I'll just have to move them.  I still need to add some amendments to that soil,  it has so much sand in it that it seems to repel water.  

Then I tore out the frame I had going around the Hamlin Orange tree that had rotten badly an put the red bricks around it an the Prosperity rose.  Those came from my FIL as well.  I went 3 levels high on the tree just to get them organized an not scattered all over the yard.  I will change that later on.  I still have one more wooden bed I want to tear down, but I would kinda like to keep that as a raised bed.  The grass hasn't taken it over so I know its still usable an not a lot of work like the others were.

Then I decided while I still had some energy left to rip out the Cross Vine I had growing on a post with latice.  It had gotten so the runners were wanting to go every direction under the grass, so they couldn't be seen easily.   I had debated on that one for a few years now, an just couldn't make up my mind. 

We got a really good rain tonight,  the storms that were coming from Texas an Louisana.  Lost power for about 3 hrs,  still raining.  But I haven't heard of any tornadoes touching down yet.