Hooray, this is the start of my veggie gardens at the new house at Struan Farm:
John and I laid out the design this week, which entails six raised beds in the back corner behind the house, nestled by native bush (so quite protected). Each bed will be one by three metres, so easy to reach into and across. At least two if not all of them will be constructed from recycled bricks. Our citrus trees (Meyer Lemon, mandarin and lime) will be planted nearby, at the back of the garage. There is still loads of room for black currants and whatever else we (I) might want to plant. We've got an old recycled, round, concrete trough to use for herbs, don't know right now where that's going to be placed. The chooks will be further away, through the tawa trees (where the gnomes are!) in their own separate universe.
This planning session occurred thanks to the contractor arriving to work out edging for driveways and other projects requiring concrete.
And before anyone asks, no, we're not in the new house as yet. Latest estimate is 2-3 weeks from now. A wall needs to be knocked through to connect the laundryroom and garage to the main house (the latter is finished, the former is not). The telephone cable also needs to be connected. Once we're officially in I will post some pics.
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