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raised bed via cinder blocks .. small problem

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I just went out and bought five-and-a-half dozen cinder blocks to
riase the edges of my 1999 sqft garden, and I came to realize that my
yard/garden is VERY unlevel.  As I have mowed, I would notice "watch
out for that bump", or "Geez, that was a nasty gully" ... but not
until I started placing cinder blocks wall-to-wall did I notice how
uneven things were.  My initial attempts to level the ground have
halfway buried my cinder blocks.  I keep wanting to "scrape the
ground" until it is level, but that is going about it all wrong.  I
have tried raking away the fluffy dirt and trying to level with the
back of the rake -- that worked for the shallow area (down to where I
hit hard clay).  I tried shaving with a flat nose shovel, but that
didn't give the desired effect either.  I still have another bed to do
(and three others to "fix"). I would greatly appreciate any
suggestions.  (I am sure that I have left out some needed detail, but
my back is aching from hauling five-and-a-half dozen blocks into and
out of the truck, and then tote them around and meticulouly place them
into my measured squares. haha) 


Jeff Taylor / jltaylor@indiana.edu


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