Eight steps to building a raised bed garden

This is a how-to post of how to build a raised bed garden. It's completely femalerized, as I am female, and probably not informative what-so-ever. As we discussed yesterday, the boyfriend and I created a garden bed for our future greens. It was A LOT of work but it came out perfect.

But first, a newsworthy mention: I had my first cameo doing a Guest Post over at Pure2Raw.com. Check it out! There's an awesome recipe in there... The Truffaroon.

I hope you enjoy the Eight Step How-To of Building a Raised Bed Garden.

Step One: Go to Home Depot (Uuuuuug)

Let your boyfriend/husband/non-Home-Depot-hater (N.H.D.H.)

pick out all the essential items.

Step Two: Take a picture of the pressure treated lumber that you will be using.

Have the boyfriend/husband/N.H.D.H cut the wood to appropriate footage

Step Three: Start digging.

And dig.

 And dig.

 And dig.

Step Four: Help (and watch, I mean supervise) screwing in the sides of bed into posts.

This is a delicate procedure. Be prepared to operate heavy machinery. Well, a hand drill.

Make sure the sides are level and posts (when set into post holes) are level.

Step Five: After the front and two sides are attached securely, proceed in lifting heavy box frame

into the large hole you have created. 

Make sure the posts fit evenly and level into the deep post holes.

Step Six: Keep reading, as these so called descriptions probably really make no sense. Just go with it.

And make sure your boyfriend/husband/N.H.D.H. fits into his grave garden box.

*Nudity*

Step Seven: Shovel some more dirt into the newly made garden box.

And finally...

Step Eight: Drink a beer while looking like a redneck inside of your level and completed raised bed garden.

Finish the long day of hard work and success with a barbeque!

Sweet potatoes, white potatoes (for the man), onions, tomatoes, and roasting garlic

Lamb burgers with parsley, cilantro, onion, and lots of spices included.

Yes, it's meat. I'm sorry. I'm only human and it was the first meat I'd had in a month. 

And it was good.

I had my fix for another month though. I love my veggie ways too much.

First and last burger for another couple of months, at least.

Done.

Before 

(actually the other side of lawn but it's the same slope)

  

After

 Our new lovely garden bed.

Soon to be filled with dirt and seedlings.

End.