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Okay, I can't really leave this completely wordless. For the past month or so, I have been redesigning the vegetable garden and building a deck. Because of all of the hard work, I have lost almost 10 pounds! I could stand to lose 5 or 10 more, so I guess I'll just have to garden MORE, which is not a problem for me.
The re-design of the garden was a lot of physical work because I wanted raised beds but didn't have much extra soil. My solution was to till the entire area, build the garden beds from untreated lumber, place the new beds where I wanted them and shovel all of the surrounding dirt into the beds. In essence I obtained "raised beds" by lowering the areas around the beds by about a foot. That is quite a bit of digging and shoveling. I am not all the way finished, but here are a couple of pictures that I took before I planted anything (except the extra-early tomatoes):
As for building the deck, I've posted several times before about it's progress. I now have the entire floor on but I still need to build some railings and the overhead shade trellis. Here is a picture taken when the floor was about 3/4 done:
It has been nice losing weight because of these two projects, but they have delayed my garden plantings and I haven't been able to write as much as I would like in my blogs. Soon both projects will be done and I can hopefully get back to daily updates here.
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It's going to be beautiful when you are finished.
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 07:47 AM
Oh it will be wonderful when you are done. Thanks for sharing Happy WW and gardening.Angel Mama ( Pearls of Wisdom)
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 07:51 AM
gardening and losing weight, love the combination! :)i love gardening projects, though am not really good at it. lolhappy ww!
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 08:08 AM
I love gardens of all sorts, but I not one to work in them. Wish I had the "talent" Good luck with your new veggie gardenToday my WW is all about the THE MEN IN MY LIFE Enjoy :-)
Posted by: addie | May 23, 2007 at 09:00 AM
Someones been busy
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Can you come over and build a garden in my yard?? We'll let you lose weight over here. *L*Seriously though - that's a fantastic garden.
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 02:58 PM
What an amazing start to what I'm sure will be a fantastic garden. Oh how I wish I had a green thumb!
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 04:11 PM
I am so impressed....if you are married tell your wife she is very lucky! :)
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 05:27 PM
You're going to have a great veggie garden when you're done. But the big question is, will you ever be able to sit on the deck and just enjoy the view? Our deck overlooks the vegetable garden, and it's amazing how easy it is to get drawn into doing more gardening!
Posted by: Tracy | May 23, 2007 at 05:45 PM
Wow what a lot of work. I am sure it is going to look stunning. Wish I had someone to sort out my garden.
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Oh, wow! What a lot of work! I bet it's going to be beautiful when it's done. You have to show us photos so we can see.
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 06:37 PM
Oh my! This makes me so happy! I love the layout... excellent photos!
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 07:22 PM
That's a lot of work - but certainly worth it.Good luck!
Posted by: May 23, 2007 at 07:54 PM
Why don't you stop by my "little slice of heaven"? I could DEFINITELY go for some nice, fresh veggies. And the "deck"? Nice.Thanks for sharing!Happy WW and blessings for a nice week ahead!
Posted by: May 24, 2007 at 12:28 AM
Wow that looks like a lot of work, but also a lot of fun!! I love projects like that.Happy WW - mines up at http://anyapples.blogspot.com/
Posted by: May 24, 2007 at 01:01 AM
Great going. I just don't have that kind of stamina. You'll really enjoy the yard and garden once it's all set up.
Posted by: May 24, 2007 at 04:28 AM
Most impressive. And so very satisfying. Happy gardening!
Posted by: May 24, 2007 at 06:43 PM
Now that's MY kind of diet! ;)
Posted by: May 24, 2007 at 11:19 PM
Impressive! All of it, the raised beds and the weight loss!! I would be so eager to get plants in there!
Posted by: May 25, 2007 at 01:32 AM
That's a lot of raised beds! looks like it's going to be fantastic.
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