More Digging

We got the rest of the 8x16 plot dug out today. We lugged all the grass we dug up in chunks over to another part of the yard that we've had trouble getting grass to grow in. I also got one coat of stain on the 12 boards. And I learned that although they're sold as 8-foot-long boards, that is actually a rough numbers. The ranged from 8/16 to 12/16 too long. Rather than saw them all, I figured out an arrangement that will made the sides equal, although the boards won't align precisely in the middle. Tomorrow if the weather holds up, I'm hoping to get the second coat of stain on. Then we need to cut the corner posts, screw the boards on to make the box, and get it set in the ground. Getting it level I think will be a challenge, but it can't be as physically demanding as all the digging. Then hopefully we can pick up a couple truckloads of the dirt/compost/fine mulch mixture that the landfill sells. We've never bought it before so I'm just hoping it will be good for gardening. We'd go broke buying bags of soil from the home improvement store.