Monday, April 23, 2012

T is for tired

So I lost my mind and decided to destroy my backyard planter (that I apparently never uploaded a photo of).  The thing is my "backyard" is more of a 15'x20' place where the sun don't shine.  In 3 years I managed to grow lettuce, and that is about it.  In the picture below you can see my 3 strawberry plants  (I have at least 12 now) that I have yet to grow a more than 1 berry a year on, and an onion gone to bloom.



Once I finished destroying I used the lumber to create this beauty!

In the front of my house I get amazing sun for about 8 hours a day, so I'm hoping for some better growing this season.  This whole process took about 10 hours of labor, and my body is wrecked.

9 comments:

  1. wow! sounds pretty tiring indeed :)

    I hope your effort will soon be paid off..

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  2. Sounds pretty cool, nice post!

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  3. It looks really nice ;)

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  4. That's one heck of a planter... you're quite the handyman it seems!

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  5. Great box you made, looks very nice. I love strawberries!

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  6. Awesome job and sounds like a good workout too.

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  7. Your new and improved planter is beautiful. You craftsman you! I can't wait to see it in person full of growing things...

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