As planned, I will keep bringing in truckloads of gravel to cover the shitty areas around the yard and grounds. The next area that I picked for covering is the garden, mainly because of the work I've been doing and plan on continuing to do there. There are several areas that are mushy with mud that I find myself walking over. The main place I'm starting is obviously at the gate to the garden. This area has been pretty mushy given the fact that water seems to channel itself right through this area. As with other very mushy areas, I had to spread the gravel down then walk all over it to mash it into the mud before spreading more on top of the area. As I continued to spread the gravel I was able to make my way into the garden, covering the area that is in front of the gate and going between the two food forest raised beds. Of course one of these raised beds no longer has any wood around the dirt and the dirt within the garden has pretty much leveled itself with the rest of the ground so when I spread the gravel I had to stop spreading it when I got to where the wood would've been. I will probably end up re-doing the raised bed, next time using railroad ties or something heavy duty enough that it won't just rot away over a short span of time. Either way, I don't want to put gravel down in the way of where I would put down the barriers for another raised bed, that would just be a waste of gravel obviously. As I make my way into the garden the next area I laid gravel down was in front of the fridge raised bed and sewer pipe hydroponic garden. Since this is another area that is high traffic as I'm harvesting peppers from the plants within the HPG, I wanted gravel spread over this area next. I still had to mash the gravel into the mud in spots to help get the solid foundation needed to ensure that gravel that continues to go on top stays put to form a good walking surface that doesn't have me sinking into the mud where I end up needing shoes for just this type of problem. As can be seen there is a lot of surface area to be covered by gravel. Some of these areas will have new raised beds or hydroponic gardens built to sit on these areas. With the gravel laid down and a solid surface established, I can ensure that weeds won't be a problem around the fixtures in the garden and we can navigate the garden grounds easily without needing mud/rain boots. Being able to walk into the garden using what almost amounts to house shoes will definitely be a welcome reprieve from having to put on work boots or rain boots just to go pick veggies.
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