Our Broken Concrete Raised Bed Garden
As I expected, Cece came up with quite a few additional plants that needed a home. This meant that I had to create a new garden. Cece laid out her desire for a couple of paths which she wants lined with broken concrete walls to create raised bed gardens on both sides of the path. We agreed to only do the V formed by the junction of two paths where they meet the roman brick paving in front of the pergolas. I got the first two supplies of broken concrete from a website for our county called 2good2toss.com. I still had to break the larger pieces into appropriate sizes for the walls. I used my saw with a diamond blade to create the line along which I wanted the concrete to break. Then I used the demolition bit on my rotary hammer drill to cause the concrete to break. I succeeded in getting just enough to form the minimum walls to form this garden. I then cultivated the soil to a depth of 8 to 12 inches before adding bought top soil and cultivating the two soils along with peat moss and fertilizer. At this point I turned it over to Cece and she did the planting. Now I can get on with constructing the gazebo.
- V shaped garden with broken concrete walls