The good thing about using concrete blocks for your raised bed is that concrete will last for a lifetime. Although this one is being used for flowers you could just as well grow vegetables in it: Photo by Liz (perspicacious.org). Wouldn’t it be nice to have a raised garden bed for tomatoes near the house?
Originally I planned on using some pieces of broken concrete slabs I had laying around as a foundation for the chicken coop: But then I began worrying if the coop might fall over during a storm, so I went out and bought these nice concrete piers instead: A piece of metal is embedded in the
Tall trees are underestimated. I’m working in the shades from several 10 m (33 feet) trees in our backyard, and what you can’t see in the pictures is the 30 deg. C (86 deg. F) temperature. Pretty nice not to be forced to work in the sun. I’m using the uncut studs as a table
In about two weeks a new garden adventure will begin for me, as I’ll be moving to a new property together with my girlfriend and our two small kids. What’s new for me is that this time it’s a rented place compared to our current house, which I own myself. We had a brief talk
Okay, I’ll admit that it looks nice with the sharp edge between the raised beds and the lawn. It’s soft on the knees when you sow or weed, but I’m beginning to realize that there are some rather annoying disadvantages by alternating between lawn and beds like this. First, this is what always happens near
