New member from the land of the Moonrakers

[DianeTape]

Hi.
I am a novice G scale modeller, but I have a life times experience in other scales and gauges, I have modelled in T, Z, N, OO,OO9, On30 and O, I am currently building a garden railway in my back garden on raised beds, but it is one step forward and 2 steps back, I laid my track but then came the heavy rainstorms and the soil in my raised bed compressed and compacted leading to subsidence of up to 4 inches in places and a lot of my ballast was washed away, I am in the process of lifting, levelling and relaying my track but as the weather changes I have less opportunity to work in my garden, but I am working as often as weather and health allows (I have COPD) by the way I am divorced 72 years old and live on my own with my dog (an 8-year-old CKCS who is a rescued dog)

This is the plan of my back garden and Blassen-Hugel Gartenbahn a freelance European meter gauge narrow gauge railway using LGB equipment currently track powered locos 7 in number, but I have stared converting to RC battery power, I may consider live steam eventually.

This was the pre rainstorm build.

 

[grizzmo]

Welcome DianeTape , that is a very nice neat looking setup you are building.
I am also building a raised bed railway, running battery R/C trains.
I waited a few months after filling (our winter wet season) before laying track and roadbed, after a few hiccups things seem pretty stable now.
I used a mix of broken up concrete, bricks, soil, sand and leftover roadbase as fill. Mostly broken up concrete and sub soil.
You can speed up the settling in by watering the beds with a hose (if its not raining much) and then just top up the gravel on top as it sinks in.
Good luck and I look forward to seeing how your line develops.