After throwing around a few ideas that we have for our garden, we’ve decided we definitely need to get our butts in gear. It’s starting to be a bit warmer during the day, and we’ve had lots of wonderful sunshine. We’ve got seeds to plant, a greenhouse to recover, an aqauponics setup to build, trees to prune and a raised bed to remove. One of our beds (pictured below when we had tomatoes growing in it 2 years ago) is just way too big to be really practical, so we’re going to take it out and flatten it back down to use for a recreation area…and possibly a keyhole garden with some herbs.
We also hope to eliminate ALL of the grass back there. Hauling a lawnmower up and down the stairs to get it outside of the barn is not fun at all. And the less we have to maintain in the end, the better! We plan to put down foil to prevent any grass of weeds from growing through, put down some gravel and lay down these wooden tiles that you see in the photo below. We decided to lay tile in the outdoor kitchen once we finalized our plans for it…so we have the stack of these just taking up space in the barn.
The weather is supposed to be really nice this weekend, getting up to almost 60°F. So we will hopefully be using that opportunity to get some of the beds weeded again, clean stuff out of the greenhouse and maybe even get started with recovering it!
While I’m certain that Mackenzie would love for us to get a some playground equipment back there with big slides and wood swing sets , we’re not likely to go totally overboard. But we might. 🙂
Last fall, our neighbors asked if we’d like to have the playhouse he build for his own children several years ago. They’ve completely outgrown it and he needs the space in his courtyard.
So we’re going to put it on the back fence line which we’re hoping will further block our view to the neighbor’s house. We’re also trying to figure out how to add a sandbox into the mix. It’s got to be covered since our neighbor’s have cats that wander all over our garden (and like to use it as a litter box).
What do you think?
Ooo, how exciting. I need to get on the garden planning this weekend as well. There are hedges to prune (they’ve grown over the entrance to our greenhouse almost entirely blocking it) and raised beds to build and seeds to select. Yippee! I’m so excited that spring is on the way!
I’ve got to get our seeds started – can’t believe it’s March already! We’re moving the garden plot this year to the backyard of the house we’re redoing – better dirt. That will be a pretty big change. And I’m anxious to see how our apple and plum trees do this year – we planted last summer when there was NO RAIN, so had to keep them watered and are hoping they survived! Would also like to plant some blackberry bushes to go with our raspberry plants we got started last summer. Yep, lots to do! That playhouse is adorable!
I love this playhouse and I am sure, Mack will love it too !
I’m so behind this year with our garden! I’ve planted some seeds, and a few have germinated–but we have yet to plant our cool season plants outside. Yikes! Where has the year gone?
LOVE the playhouse–and can’t wait to see your garden producing! 🙂
A very brief plan on garden indeed it is the best season to grab the golden opprtunity and to spend some quality time with lots of sunshine.Playhouse can add more pleasure and good reason for your children to be outside and like that it would be the best family time.