Part 1 of 3 of Landscaping the Backyard: Railroad Ties
For the summer, there are 3 major projects for the backyard:
- Bordering the hill
- Mulching the hill
- Building a privacy trellis
Today was the bordering of the hill. We decided to use railroad ties to accomplish this - it gives a great rustic look and they are very sturdy.
Unfortunately, the camera was not charged today so I could not take pictures of the 'Before' and 'During' work. Specifically, pictures of:
- The truck loaded down with 7 railroad ties
- How I marked the border
- The shoveling to level the ground
- Chuckie and I breaking our backs to move these bastards
Here are the pictures of the final product. Looks really good and I am very pleased with the results.
BTW, according to my calculations, and assuming all the ties were made of oak (which they usually are), each tie weighed about 160 lbs.
Comments
Are you kidding me? Those pieces of wood weighed 160lbs? Did they have lead cores or something?
Posted by: J$ | March 17, 2008 01:45 AM
I'm pretty sure it is. We had to cut two of the railroad ties and it took us a good 5 - 7 minutes to cut through it using the reciprocating saw.
Posted by: cwp | March 17, 2008 10:41 AM