Earthworks
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The spot where it lived (it was literally alive) is going to be a third raised bed, so I started a new compost heap. This is perched on the top of a slope where the backyard gently falls into the neighbours property.
Friends who can’t compost and a local gardener drop off their green waste at my place and I incorporated this material into the heap.
As green waste rolled in this became two, and a third started to form between a couple of the apple trees.
These mounds proved to be inconvenient when I decided to plant a windbreak of akie akie along the fence.
This corner of the yard is getting a bit crowded.
When I uncovered an old feed bag I had stored in the wood shed, I thought that it was time to build something a bit more permanent and tidy.
The garage sits on a raised section which falls away to the rear lawn. The building casts a shadow out over a section of the yard from noon until dusk. Not a great spot to grow stuff.
By extending the garage pedestal out a bit, I can position the feed bag up against the garage wall.
If I can find some more feed bags, I'll line them up in a row next to it.
Finding ‘fill’ for the earthworks isn’t a problem for me. I have two ways to add decent soil to my property. The first is to build a series of raised beds.
Second is to dig a large hole in the sand and fill it with material such as compost and horse manure. Below is a photo of an excavation I’ve dug out by the back fence. Eventually it’s going to be the home of a grape vine.
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I've been collecting a pile of concrete bits so these all went into the foundation of the pedestal.
I have a collection of spoil piles next to compost filled holes all over the property which I can relocate to support the new compost production facility.
Once the pedestal was built, I arranged some cardboard on top to slow down the grass working its way up, and to provide a stable base for the bag on top of the loose sand.
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I’ve noticed with some other bags in the past, that the sun breaks them down so this is some protection.
I need the bag to last at least till next summer.
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