Thoughts About a Garden Railroad
E ven though our summers are extremely short up here in Vermont, I've always had nagging thoughts about a small garden railroad nestled somewhere in amidst our flower gardens. I think I finally found the right place among our gardens for a small elevated garden railroad. Adjacent to where our backyard putting green was located (I'm in the process of repurposing this area to horseshoe pits... another ongoing project for this spring), we had a small, overgrown garden area consisting of some shrubs, berry vines and mostly weeds. In the process of cleaning up this area for the horseshoe pits, I saw this area in the very different light that I felt would be great for a small garden railroad. The area is about 16' x 8'. Here is an aerial view of this small area... The round things lined up in a row running across the top of the image are concrete test cylinders that I have been using as a border along one side of the pitching and putting green. I've been using th