A few weeks ago I ran into the wife of the owner of a local sawmill (they "farm wood" to make palettes) and enquired whether they sell slats to the public. She wanted to know what I wanted to do with them and after explaining about the raised veggie beds she suggested I drive through and have a look on their "scrap pile" as she thought I might find some useable pieces there. I was welcome to take anything I wanted free of charge she said as they regularly burnt these piles when it rained. She also told me that I could have as much sawdust as well as composted sawdust as I wanted. My interest was peaked ;-) So last week The King of Avalon left me his little workhorse and The Princes and I drove through to the mill, this is what met our eyes...
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| The scrap pile |
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| The sawdust |
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We were bowled over, what TREASURE!!! We did six trips in total and this is what we have constructed so far...
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| A fence, well okay fence posts, but it is a sign of something great to come... |
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The Veggie Patch Gate
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| And a quarter of the raised beds |
The gate was proudly designed and made by The Princes (it was constructed in the
garage one evening and presented to me the next morning as I was asleep
by the time it had been completed). All it's cost us is fuel to haul the wood, nails, hinges and quite a bit of time
and energy. The latter The Princes were quite motivated to contribute, I'm so proud and excited!
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