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keyhole garden using reclaimed materialsby rollincaswell on May 19, 2013

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Intro: Keyhole garden using reclaimed materials ...................................................................................

Step 1: First things first ......................................................................................................

Step 2: Adding a little style to the project .........................................................................................

Step 3: Black gold ..........................................................................................................

Step 4: The top layer ........................................................................................................

Step 5: Cover charge .......................................................................................................

Step 6: The finished product ..................................................................................................

Step 7: Frosty morning ......................................................................................................

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Author:rollincaswell

just somebody who likes to do stuff outdoors. I enjoy trading ideas and coming up with things that make life easier.

Intro: Keyhole garden using reclaimed materialsI wanted to build a raised garden bed this year and decided that I had enough materials around the homestead to build one. My goal was to build it with little or no cosusing reclaimed materials. I found a spot near my greenhouse that I was also building at the time that looked to be pretty level.

Step 1:First things firstI wasn't sure how big I wanted to make this, but knowing that I only had a few cement blocks to work with, I decided to go somewhere around 7 or 8 feet. I put a stick ithe ground and tied a piece of bailing twine to it and cut off a length that looked about 8 feet. I then placed a block at the end of the string about every three feet until I a perfect circle. I rearranged the blocks to get them to line up and then eye-balled the keyhole part to where it not only looked right, but big enough to be able to work ithere.

Step 2:Adding a little style to the projectWhile adding a little style to the project, the reclaimed chimney bricks do give me about another two inches of height to the garden. I would have l iked to made them loa little more professional by maybe giving them a cooler layout, but I'm not really a mason, and have yet to learn. Maybe next year after I get this thing to the preferredheight that I would like, I'll work on my mason skills!

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Step 3:Black goldMy friend and neighbor who is a dairy farmer is in the process of expanding his barn by adding free stalls. They had excavated a large area in what was the old barnyain order to build the addition. I knew even before I started this project that I would have access to as much of this black gold I wanted! I only needed one trailer load,which isn't very much I would guess it to be maybe a yard. This stuff is awesome and I cant wait to see what kind of production I'm going to get out of this project.

Step 4:The top layerEven though the barnyard dirt is rich with nutrients, I decided that I would make use of some old goat and sheep manure that we had in one of our pens. this stuff isprobably three years old, and seemed to be really clean. By clean I mean that there were no weeds or other grasses growing in it. I'm hoping that I won't have to worrytoo much about fertilizing or weeding this summer.

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