Not Bonsai - For Bonsai

[alpineart]

This is the new grow bed area under construction

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.This single terrace in made solely of shale and clay

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excavated out for the shed side when i purchased the property

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. It's been a conifer garden bed for all it's time , now it has a new purpose

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. I have tiered it into 3 tiers this give me another 30 metre's of grow beds .

All 150 metre's of the original terraces i had constructed here with the excavator were top dressed with well over 200 tonnes of pine bark and Euca mulch over the last 12-15 years . If you scrape the surface off its clay and shale , good for growing nothing .

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I have combined 4 cubic meters of old mulch

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and will be top dressed with about 1 cubic metre compost

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recently turned over with the rotary hoe . These will get planted out tomorrow then i need to find some other mischief to get up too .

Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Great Job Alp, wish i had the space. Considering the position you are in, with the leg, you really are keen.
Almost make me feel bad about not attending to my bench on a regular basis lol

[Brian]

crikey Alpine, just time I saw you a few months ago, you were hobbling around with a gummy leg !

[Jason]

Love seeing your projects Alpine, always make me wish I had more

Look forward to seeign what these beds produce

[Josh]

Mate do you ever sleep. That will keep you busy filling it in now. 150 mtrs of growing area, wow.

Josh

[DavidWilloughby]

Hi Alpine,

I have to take my hat off to you, I do enjoy reading your projects and admire what you do. In saying that, I can understand why you might have a break every now and then with everything that you do.

Also with that kind of space, I would hope you have a mean wedge game sir

Cheers

David

[alpineart]

Hi Andrew F , mate the leg is still attached to the body and the body needs some action , "easy does it but do it"

Hi Brian , still got that gummy leg and still wearing out the motor bike boot holding it all together, it doesn't bend too well but that rotary hoe has saved me 4-6 weeks of impossible tasks , got to make the most of it

Hi Jason , these will be filled with Tridents , Japanese Maples , Crab Apples , Cherries and anything else i can find laying around idle .

Hi Josh , a few hours here and there is all that is required , the original terrace works were 150m in total , these few are only 30m in a small section of 1 terrace .

Hi David ,glad you enjoy the projects , there are times i don't . Like digging grow beds with a shovel . The top terrace has a 3 hole area where my Son and I play around . Haven't played a good round for a long time .

Cheers Guys .Alpine

[bodhidharma]

G'day Alpine, bloody hell mate is that leg still bothering you Man that problem has been epic, how long has it been now, two years. Keep up the good fight Brother.

[alpineart]

Hi Bodhi , mate it been a medical disaster and a nightmare at the same time . I have about 50 % movement and that about it . Still has a 5 inch fracture that is very reluctant to heal , that's not the break i made its the break the Physio managed to install .They say another 6-8 months before it fuses together completely .

Its been 22 months since i broke it , 18 months since the Physio broke it while it was screwed and plated . My bloody maples fuse better than the leg has and i strap them with old wire . Been a few complications that i just have to wear , can't run yet and probably never will be able too , might have to put a heal /toe gear shift {like the posties} on the motor bike to change gears

Can't lay down and die yet , got too many things to see and do and way too much to learn .

Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

Its been a productive day , thanks to Karen for cracking the whip {not really} she wanted me to quit after the first bed was reworked .

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I managed to find a good use for some old treated pine pergola beams ,

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still a bit of life in them yet and if the last a few years it will be good thing .

With the 3 tiers i put a layer of compost over them ,

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turned them over with the pitch fork , then a layer of old needle litter and turned over again ,

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the top tier didn't get a final turn but thats OK . I rounded up all the odd material ,

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give it a quick trim and root prune then tossed them in

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.More than happy this is all but done , A couple of trunks laying around idle will be thrown in the empty spaces , the top tier , well i lost it to the young fella for his vegie patch.

Cheers Alpineart