This enclosed garden with pallet raised beds is a long ongoing project. The boxes themselves are made from the former original tool shed. The leftover fencing is being repurposed to keep the deer out.
The ridiculously over priced 2×4’s make up the ‘walls’.
I repurposed some leftover lath to make a privacy screen.
I still have the original six 60-gallon pickle barrels that were used to haul water before the tank got put in. I plan on tucking them in around the perimeter to store extra garden water. I will probably dot more pickle barrels around the farm. I don’t have room for another big tank. The white ‘counter top’ on the left is some nonflammable cement backer board for outdoor cooking.
Had 1200 watts of solar installed on the roof of the shed with racking for another 2 panels. Eventually the roof will hold 10 panels. The other two sheds also have room for 10 panels each. More than enough power!
The other project being worked on is the taming of the terraces. Number two already has weedblock and mulch down and this is the beginning of number one getting weedblock and mulch, and borders and planting. The elevation change between the two is around 6 feet.
Erosion cloth put down between the two terraces with coleus start plonked in randomly. The log edge border is from the firewood pile that was created when all the trees got chopped down.
Transitionary corner between the two terraces. A place to pile rocks, logs and succulents.
The top succulents are jade donated by my landlord and two patches of unknown succulents below.
Australian finger lime planted in between the terraces. The cage is there to protect it from the deer.
The beginnings of yet more ‘jungle steps’ to get from one terrace to another.
This is a weird little triangle that was created between the two terraces. The plantings are ginger on the left, and jade on the right. The ginger was propagated from an ancient mother plant that’s on the other side of the property. It smells divine!
This is the bottom terrace fully mulched. There’s still a little bit of mulch left from the original 12 yard pile. It will be hauled up to the walled garden to top off the raised bed. There’s no shortage of exercise opportunities!
