Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Herb and Water Beds

Hey All,

Had another busy weekend. I'd hoped to get a lot more done but I had to do calls (work) most of the weekend and Annette went away on Sunday to the Blue Mountains with Sarah to visit their ill auntie. I did however manage to finish off a couple more beds in the garden. I made a frame for the old cast iron tub to have as a water vegetable garden which just has chinese water chestnuts, a lilly and some tadpoles at the moment. The other bed is a sizeable raised herb garden which is close to the back steps and will run along side our outdoor kitchen (wood fire oven - which I'll build and a BBQ). Will have this weekend off, so hopefully we'll get more done. During the week this week our aim is to properly move into the house and empty out the shipping container.
cya


Doing the finishing touches on Monday night.

The finished herb bed... the hard part is filling it up now. Its 3.3m long x 1.3m wide x 75cm high and all made from recycled materials (except the screws).
The old cast iron tub which I got for free from someone doing a building site clean up last year. The spikey plant is the chestnuts.