| Have you ever seen a railroad garden? Maybe | | | | the area where the track will be set. Go down |
| you were at a gardening expo, or maybe one of | | | | about five inches and make it five inches wide as |
| your neighbors had one. No matter where you | | | | well. Rather than using pea gravel for your bed |
| have seen it you decided it was the next project | | | | you should use crushed gravel. Crushed gravel will |
| that you wanted to tackle. The setup of the | | | | not move away from the railroad tracks like the |
| tracks interesting you or the look of it all in | | | | pea gravel would. |
| operation doesn't matter. What does matter is | | | | You are now ready to lay your track. Make sure |
| that you can have the model train layout that you | | | | that you press it firmly down into the crushed |
| want in your garden with just a bit of work and | | | | gravel so that the only parts that are showing are |
| some imagination. | | | | from the top of the ties up. This is give the illusion |
| The very first thing you will need for your garden | | | | that the tracks are real and you are soon going |
| railroad is, of course, a garden. You can use | | | | to see a train rolling down them. The gravel may |
| several different types of plants but the best to | | | | shift a bit and settle but you do not want the |
| use tend to be either slower growing ones or the | | | | track itself to shift and this should prevent that |
| rock garden varieties which include cacti and | | | | issue. |
| thyme. Get you garden laid out to your particular | | | | Since you are placing your model train out in your |
| tastes and you will be ready for step two. | | | | garden you should place some suitable buildings |
| This step involves starting with a small rail line. | | | | near the tracks. These include farmhouses, dairy |
| You may have enough funds to go all out but it is | | | | barns and the like. Just place them carefully |
| better to try it out first. This will let you know if it | | | | around the plants you already have planted or |
| is going to work out the way you had planned. | | | | you can plant some dwarf conifers if you so wish. |
| Too much and you can get highly discouraged. | | | | There will be a little bit of maintenance to your |
| You will want to start with a standard outdoor | | | | garden train. You should make it a monthly habit |
| scale model train set. The best sort of started | | | | to wipe away the sap and any bird droppings that |
| set would come equipped with a 5x10 track. This | | | | might have collected. Each time you run the train |
| is a great starting point and will not be so big that | | | | you need to make sure there are no obstructions |
| it is difficult to care for. | | | | on the tracks. This will help to extend the lifespan |
| The next step is build up your railroad bed. The | | | | of your model train. |
| best way to do so is to dig out a trench around | | | | |