Major Repair To Raised Bed. 24 Dec 24.

 This raised bed has been very helpful.  It's at a good height that I can work the soil and p,ants much more easily.  Also keeping weeds controlled and managing the irrigation.

Unfortunately underground animals undermined the side, and it was in danger of falling.

My initial thought was to make it narrower too, but that would have involved moving too much heavy soil.  So I decided to, just repair it.

That involved moving all of the blocks on that side, as well as the corners. Then I leveled and tamped the soil under the blocks.  When moles dig tunnels under the cinder blocks, they push the soil up into the blocks, leaving a hollow underneath resulting in leaning.  So I added a (recycled) hard foam underlayment to prevent them from moving the soil into the blocks.  I wanted to add posts or rebar inside the blocks, but didn't have any on hand.  I might, later.

Then I re-laid the cinder blocks.  That actually took a few efforts to make them straight and even, and match the corner blocks.   I had to dis-assemble part of both ends, down to soil level, to make it work.

Then I rebuilt the side.

I'm pretty happy with this result.  I haven't re-filled the soil there.  I will leave some open for trench composting through the winter.

The capstones are easily removed if I can find some posts or rebar for better stability.