October 4, 2018
October continues the bi-polar weather with a 90 degree day then back to mid fifties. The next few days will be 50s and 60s. It's a typical Nebraska October. The first three days of October had a misty rain that fell with a total accumulation of just under a 1/2 inch. I think we are good on moisture for awhile.
Two of the beds at Urban Ranch have reached the limit of the land scape timbers life. I am thinking that these timbers are most likely 10 years old or more. It's time to replace them with some thing more permanent.
Every project has to have an anchor. This is the anchor block for the rest of the perimeter of the bed. It takes the most time to set because it has to be perfect in alignment, level inline, and level across. The rest of the blocks take there lead from this anchor block.
This will be the end result for the entire perimeter. I have four more blocks on the front patio and many more at Terra Nova Gardens. Maybe I can make a run to Terra Nova to get them and dig some potatoes while I'm there.I've been thinking about this for some time and have now started the process for one bed. The took about 3 hours to build but the process is getting faster as I perfect the process of laying the blocks. Once the first level block gets laid the rest go really fast.
