Friday 3 June 2022

Shout Out to DB

My dearly beloved (DB), is an absolute trooper. The economy being what it is (and probably going to get worse), I wanted to squeeze two more raised vegetable beds into the garden. He cut the wood after delivery, I painted it twice. Once dry, he assembled the beds and between us, we filled them to halfway.

I will post pictures once both are finished but one is up and running, the 8' x 2 1/2 foot bed. It now has another 5 tomatoes and one courgette in. There is still room for a few more rows of other vegetables as well.

The other bed in semi shade, once done, will have some leeks in it and something else, undecided yet. The problem with that bed is it is sitting on an old gravel garden and we can't get it all up. I think as long as we don't grow carrots in it, other things should be okay. I am trying to grow more so I can dehydrate some and am also planning on trying out fermenting vegetables. Another way of preserving for later use.

Inbetween doing all that, he is also adjusting my 'under stair' pantry. Shelves that were too far apart have all been removed and placed closer together. This gives us another 2-4 shelves, depending on what I store on them.  Each shelf can take anything that is no more than two tins high, so a much better use of the space. The bottom two shelves will be slightly higher.

We are both tired and can tell we are not as young as we used to be. These two news beds, will cost us, 0.028p per square foot, per week, over 10 years.

8 comments:

  1. Well done to your DB!! I truly appreciate all that my other half does round the home - and we are already reaping the benefits of the raised bed he built for me last summer. I consider myself blessed to have such a a brilliant handyman . Re under-stairs pantry - in my pre-bungalow days I had one with a sloping roof, and used these 2-step inserts [back to front] to get more things in and out easily https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/variera-shelf-insert-white-60136623/

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    1. Thank you. We don’t actually have stairs, just a silly name we call it. About the size of a large single wardrobe.

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  2. Well done DB, very sensible in these times to be adding growing space. My new neighbours removed 2 rather large established raised beds and sowed grass seed. He's out there every day watering it. Madness!!!!

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    1. Indeed. Once built, it helps the old back!

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  3. Awesome. The more of our own food we can grow the better. Congrats to your DB in getting those built so quickly and you for getting the painting done equally as quick.

    God bless.

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    1. Had to keep stopping due to bad weather and backache!

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  4. Isn't it satisfying when you can make shelves that are actually just the right distance apart to sensibly hold things. The raised beds sound like a very good plan.

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    1. These are lower than the others but I can reach across comfortably from one side.

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