After finishing the slab or the whole house generator I ended up with some leftover concrete. I also had a post that was sitting in a drilled out hole along the east fence line, right at the end of the midway where the gates would go that would allow access to the greater yard. I decided to take care of this problem and concrete that post in. Since I still had plenty of concrete left over I decided to get a couple more posts and plug another post hole that I drilled out as well and sink the second post along the east fence line as it passes the garden. Reason for this is: first, I get more of the east fence line established so later once the posts are all sunk, I can start tacking up panels without interruption, and: two, I can get things set up to have the gates assembled on the posts that would make up the ends of the east gate.
With the posts sunk and the concrete cured, I started on the assembly of the two gate kits that I had sitting outside on top of a dog house for a long time. This was one of those deals where we picked up something with the intent to use it but never got around to it then more and more things came up that kept us from working with that hardware until we end up where we are now, which is finally working on the gate assembly after the packing of the boxes rotted away from the elements. I started off with one gate, getting the frame assembled and hung on one post, making sure all is solid and straight before moving on to the next gate frame. With the first gate done, I quickly got the second gate put together. Unlike the first post, I had to assemble the gate hinges at a different height on the second post as the ground is at a slight grade, making the first post be lower than the second post. With some help, after getting the second gate lined up with the first gate I was able to get the second set of hinges established in order to get the second gate hung in place. From there I bolted up the gate latches, latching the two gates together to ensure everything is lined up properly. With that, the east gate frames are established. They will need 2x4's to reinforce them, along with the pickets that will fully complete the gates, even before we get the fence panels hung along the fence line. The last order of business for this session was the preparation of a section of the garden for some new raised beds. I had already dug up the old raised bed that was set up here and smoothed out the ground to be level with the rest of the walkways around the area. I just needed to lay a bunch of gravel down over all of this area to cover up everything and have it ready for when I do make the raised beds that will go over all this. After getting the load of gravel and spreading it out all over the area, I also took time to remove an old drum raised bed that we've been using for years. This bed was made from a metal drum half with pipes for legs. I made a duplicate bed that had long since rusted and been disposed of. This bed was on its way to the same fate so I emptied the dirt into a spare plastic garbage can and moved the old bed out of the way to get the gravel over the space the old bed sat. I spread more gravel under the other new raised bed we set up next to this old bed, covering up more bare ground along the garden fence line. With the gravel laid over all this ground, I'll be better able to treat the ground to keep weeds from propping up, especially along the fence line. With that I'll be ready for the raised beds. I have two large drums that will each be used to make a drum raised bed consisting of the two drum halves side by side in a single table bed, much like the other drum beds made of smaller drums. Of course this bed, using the larger drums, will be much larger and heavier than the beds using the smaller drums. There is plenty of room in the area where the gravel was laid to accommodate two large beds with plenty of spacing around both. Also with the micro irrigation lines being present from the sprayers that were used in the ground raised bed, I already have the irrigation on site, I'll just need to add some extra hose to get the lines up to the beds.
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