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I'd gotten about 2/3rds done with this:
...when I got stuck driving in a screw. Now, I was using a 7.2 volt (very weak) battery-powered drill to drive a 2" long woodscrew into Ipe, which is a bit like trying to nail a six inch spike through a board with your penis. Ipe's density can't be any less than 1/3 that of solid steel, and while drilling the screw holes with a fucking masonry bit the wood actually caught fire. Not sawdust. *Black* *smoke*. Anyway, I realized that at 11:23 PM, there was only *one* place I was going to find the drill I needed to finish the project.
Wal-Mart.
Fuck.
After bending over and taking it from America's World Domination Solution, I was able to finish the project in short order.
Go Wal-Mart.
Anyway, this is my very first Square Foot Gardener planter. This gardening technique allows one to grow enough food for one salad for one adult per day in only 16 square feet of growing space. Double that and you also get vegetables for dinner. It's evidently the most popular gardening method of all time, and after reading The All New Square Foot Gardener, I'm anxious to try it out. I'm now in possession of everything I need except the seeds. Tomorrow I'll build my second 2'x 4' bed for my starter 16 sq. ft., and will then proceed back to home improvement store to get the steel conduit and garden netting necessary for tomatoes, grapes, and other vines.
Later I will post pictures of the seedlings. And then the mature vegetables. And then the meal I make from the vegetables.
Hopefully I'll stop there...
...when I got stuck driving in a screw. Now, I was using a 7.2 volt (very weak) battery-powered drill to drive a 2" long woodscrew into Ipe, which is a bit like trying to nail a six inch spike through a board with your penis. Ipe's density can't be any less than 1/3 that of solid steel, and while drilling the screw holes with a fucking masonry bit the wood actually caught fire. Not sawdust. *Black* *smoke*. Anyway, I realized that at 11:23 PM, there was only *one* place I was going to find the drill I needed to finish the project.
Wal-Mart.
Fuck.
After bending over and taking it from America's World Domination Solution, I was able to finish the project in short order.
Go Wal-Mart.
Anyway, this is my very first Square Foot Gardener planter. This gardening technique allows one to grow enough food for one salad for one adult per day in only 16 square feet of growing space. Double that and you also get vegetables for dinner. It's evidently the most popular gardening method of all time, and after reading The All New Square Foot Gardener, I'm anxious to try it out. I'm now in possession of everything I need except the seeds. Tomorrow I'll build my second 2'x 4' bed for my starter 16 sq. ft., and will then proceed back to home improvement store to get the steel conduit and garden netting necessary for tomatoes, grapes, and other vines.
Later I will post pictures of the seedlings. And then the mature vegetables. And then the meal I make from the vegetables.
Hopefully I'll stop there...
