The Great Wall of China and Veggie Garden
Well, one of the latest renovations that we have been working on (dubbed the “Great Wall of China”) is a retaining wall, that now houses our veggie garden!
The retaining wall was a long time in the making.
It started with some “digger work”. In which I flattened out the back yard, to make it more level, then added some soil to the back wall to make a raised section.
This raised section then became the veggie garden! But as you can see, there was a lot of work to be done to make this possible!
The retaining wall took a long time, as there were around 8 separate concrete sections, which act as stable footings for the retaining wall. As you can see from the image, we tried to ensure it was as level as possible.
Here are some images of the retaining wall finally completed!
It is amazing how fast the grass grows back, so after we pulled out all of the grass again, we placed a number of trailer loads of mulch on top, to stop the grass from growing.
We let the mulch settle down for a few months, then we turned over the garden and used some “garden mix” to create some rows that we would use to plant our veggies in!
As of early May, this is what the garden looks like!
We currently have growing:
- Corn
- Tomatoes
- Celery
- Coriander
- Carrots
- Lettuce (2 different varieties)
- Spring onions (though they are yet to sprout)
- A tall variety of broccoli
Anyway, I will try to post regular updates on how the garden is looking and how things are growing.
Cheers,
Jason.
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