After having been on vacation for a while and tackling some other projects we finally managed to get back into the routine of getting gravel to spread out on the grounds within the compound. As of the last gravel episode, we were still trying to cover the garden up. We finally made it to the back of the garden where I recently pulled up some old remains of a raised bed as well as chopped up the remnants of a tree. There isn't much space left to cover in the garden before all main walkways are covered. I will still continue to spread gravel within the garden underneath the raised beds, which will require shoveling the gravel from the wheelbarrow under the raised beds. No biggie, it won't take long to cover those areas before I can fully write off the garden. Its good that we managed to get the garden grounds covered up now because as we continue to build raised beds and other garden apparatus, those units can be placed right on top of the fresh gravel, versus on dirt where I would've had to spread gravel underneath later on, as is the case with the current raised beds. The garden has definitely come a long way from the days of its infancy. As the last pic shows, there is only a small area of walkway left to cover before all that's left are the undersides of the raised beds. Another smaller area remains along the fence line where I was also in the process of building some permanent hydroponic garden fixtures. With the gravel session done, we also picked up on another project that we've slacked on, which was building the perimeter fence. From the last time we bought fence panels, which has been damn near a year, prices have gone up ridiculously. Last time the whole 6x8 panels were $40, now, they're $53, insane! Either way, the shit needs to be bought so we can get that project done. It's probably better that we just keep getting the panels and hurry up and complete the fence before we get back to where we were back in 2020 when the panels weren't available at any price. We decided to try and get a single panel per week so we can slowly but surely keep getting the fence done. We're continuing from the northeast corner of the perimeter fence by the firewood pile and working our way south to the eastern gate. After securing this current fence panel it will take eight more fence panels before we make it to the eastern gate. From there it will probably take about that many more to cover the eastern side of the garden and reach where I want to put another gate in the back, closer to the southeast corner of the fence. Obviously, its going to take a lot more fence panels before the entire perimeter fence is done. I would hope to be able to get more than one panel on some weeks at some point in order to expedite the completion of the fence but for now we're going to stick with one panel a week. I also still have to complete the northern and western sides of the garden fence just as well as a short run of the south wall of the perimeter fence before I can say I'm done, minus the gates. Now one thing I haven't really checked is if it will be cheaper at this point to get the separate boards to make my own panels. More than likely it's probably neck and neck between the pre-fab panels and the separate pieces so we'll be sticking with the pre-fabs. In the meantime we will get back to other duties around the compound.
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