Thus begins the building of the Wall....

Isaiah Rawls and I (Alyssa Hower) before we plant the wall.

Our first plant!!

The beginning of the first wall.

Then comes the building of the wall. The guys (Josh, Joel, Isaiah, Levi) have done a great a job stabilizing the wall. First they set posts in concrete several feet down. The actual wall is built of hogwire layered on the inside with shadecloth. The shadecloth holds in the dirt. To prevent bowing they completely wired the inside. After all was stable, in went the dirt. Bucket after bucket went in but now they are both full and just about ready for planting. Planting has begun on the first wall. It has been so strange to plant on the side of a wall as opposed to the ground. We have learned the hard way that we must first let the dirt settle, THEN plant. We began planting while the dirt was still fluffy and dry. After we watered it and the dirt began to sink and settle down went the plants! Note to self: Start planting at the bottom, and don't plant until ALL the dirt has settled and you know it won't sink anymore. I have already needed to replant several Parsleys which have been swallowed by the wall as the dirt settled. :-( No fun! Ah well, like I said, this is experimental so now we know. :-)