>We had firewood delivered a while ago. A couple of cubic meters, delivered in a wooden “cage”.
Now, the cage was a pallet base, with the rest of it being made up of raw planks with the bark still on them.
The shorter, horizontal ones are between 60 and 80cm, which can be used, but the vertical ones were a) wider and b) 180cm long.
What does this mean, you as? Well, since none of the wood is meant to last for long, it hasn’t been treated with anything at all, so I can use it as the edging around a raised vegetable bed. Sure, it may not last forever, but it will be a good quick-fix that will last a few years.
With the planks I have right now (and corner posts from the stash we took over with the house) I can make either two 80*180 beds or one 80*360 bed. That’s a good start, right? And with all the trees in the garden dropping leaves left, right and center I will have plenty of mulch to mix up with the soil and some sand next year to create a perfect place for growing vegetables.
And the best part? IT’S ALL FREE!!!
I want to make the frame (or frames) before New Year. That’s my pre-New-Year’s-resolution. (And obviously the mulch will also be prepared before that. Hopefully I will have everything in place by March so I’m ready to sow stuff when the last frost clears, even if I have to improvise some covering for it the first month. Clear plastic is never pretty, but I’m hoping it can do the trick and turn it into an interim cold-frame.
Can’t wait for spring!!!
>Oh you will be busy ;o) Sounds lovely and just right!