Building the Box

Construction on the Mega-Box has begun. I purchased 5 boards of Nova Scotia Spruce that were 1x12ft and had one cut into two 4 foot lengths. The long four would obviously serve as the sides and the shorter boards would be the ends. I added a third board in the middle for stability. I bought a few stainless steel brackets and some screws. Total cost about $100 .

The total time to build was about 1.5 hours. I was worried that with such a long box, it wouldn't sit flat on the irregular surface, but it was really quite fine. I only had to shift a few areas. The box is nice and sturdy. You can see at the end there are two PVC pipes bent into a frame shape. This will serve as a support structure for the plastic covering. More on that later.

I also bought the dirt today. Its going to be delivered in 2 days. I bought 2 yards of bark mulch to put around the box so that ugly gravel would be covered. It might keep the weeds down too. Very exciting times here on the mainland!