Busy in Garden at Home

With the allotment all waterlogged and in chaos, we decided to make a start on the garden at home.  In previous years we have grown very little at home, a few raised beds with beans and peas and some herbs with the occasional tomato and a few things in pots.  With Simons hobby of home brewing and wine making going so well, we thought it was time to relocate him to the garden, and he is at that age when every man needs a shed of his own!  So plans started to create a garden to accomodate all the things we needed, room for the chickens, a safe environment for our grandson to play in, a man-shed and a little space to still grow a few things.

What we started with..... basically a big chicken run surrounded by knackered fencing and a few bushes that were past their best.  Mud everywhere and not a good environment for man nor beast.



First task was to relocate the chickens into the middle so that new fencing could be put up all the way around.  The neighbours liked it so much that they also had theirs done!



Next step was putting the chooks in their new home, Simon sorted out a nice enclosure for them sheltered up next to the house with their fencing around the pond, nice and safe now for grandson who is not at any risk of falling in.



A roof has since been put on to stop the chickens perching on the fence.  Bless them.  Only one left the enclosure for a wander around the garden and that was most probably because she fell off on the wrong side, they seemed to quite like sitting up there.  They are quite happy in their new spot.

Next step was the concrete base for the man-shed.  Or man-cabin.  Incredibly we had one dry day for the concreting to be done and it has rained every day since.  Hard as rock now though and waiting for delivery of cabin.



All in all, its coming along.  Raised beds are staying, predominantly for our kitchen garden herbs, may do some hanging baskets with tomatoes or chillis and lots of room still for things in pots.