Beds in progress

So, we decided to replace the bulk of our front yard with raised beds. Our target model was the English cottage garden. It's the gardening equivalent of an Impressionist painting. There is organization but it's kinda smeared out with one thing bleeding into the next. We began by marking out the borders of the beds. I looked at the lines of sight so as not to block them. Then I took the mower and mowed paths through the yard. I wanted to make sure that no bed was so wide that you couldn't reach deep into into it from the paths and that the mower would fit between all of the beds. I then took bricks and marked out the edges of the beds. Next, I used old packing paper to cover the grass and spread 3-6 inches of dirt onto of the paper. I finished each bed with a covering of paper and mulch.