We finished the framing and completed half of the exterior pavers. I’ll be throwing down some dichondra and clover seeds to fill in between the pavers. The pavers are set just at ground level so we can mow the edges and not worry about damaging mower blades. Put the pavers down so I don’t get 5lbs clay muck stuck on my shoes while watering. If this works well, we will add more in a modular fashion as skills and time allows. Eventually the raised beds will be converted to sunken beds. Pretty pleased with the set up. The solar powered lights work really well and light things up at night when motion is detected.
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Well done!
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Thank you!
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Great job! Your structure looks strong enough to support some frost cloth or poly and double for a winter greenhouse.
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Thank you! Yes, it could double for a winter greenhouse to keep the tomatoes going!
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That purdy! Impressive construction design. What things are you growing?
Are you planting any in-ground fruit tree or all you all pots?
Very nicely done. Looks great I can always tell when a guy either mows his own lawn or if he has someone mow it for him, tries to make it easy for them. So it is quick and efficient.
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We have a lot of in ground trees. The potted trees are to observe what is needed (because I’ve killed so many of that type in ground already), or to taste the fruit to see if I even want to put it in ground, or to wait until I have the right environment set up for more delicate type trees. Potted trees are low chill cherries, pineapple guava, barbados cherry, avocado, macadamia. Potted blueberries because we have alkaline soil, potted blackberries, bababerry, grape vines and artichoke because we don’t know where these will permanently live yet.
One of the garden beds is for strawberries / asparagus, the other is for seasonal veggies.
The permanent place my blackberries live in my garden is EVERYWHERE! I am sorry I ever planted them, as they are also rather seedy, so we only use them for juice.
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Yep. Not sure we will plant them outside of the planters.
Absolutely the worst thing I ever planted. I put up with those things for 3 years never again. I pulled them up three years ago. I planted them 80 feet away from my blueberry bushes. Pull them up by the roots three years ago the other day picking blueberries I kept getting scratched by something. There’s a cane coming up in the middle of my blueberry with the tiniest blackberries you’ve ever seen.
It is impossible to keep them neat and they do not produce unless you just let them go. My sister has some and does pretty well with them, but they just let them take over and then every two years they bush hog them because they get a rust on them you end up with an area of blackberries, weeds, rats, and snakes no thank you
They are sloppy looking. I have a thornless variety. We don’t get much rain here, so most things that are troublesome don’t really spread if not provided the needed water. However, on a watering system, these became quite prolific.
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I had both varieties. The thornless are a little easier to control. However, I couldn’t get the production out of them. The thorn blackberries produce twice as many berries. When I looked at the cost and how much work they were down here didn’t make any sense. They might do a lot better in your region.
I just watch the sale papers at the grocery store and buy when they go on sale by the end of the summer. I’ve usually eaten more blackberries than I ever produced, and spent less money than the cost of a couple of blackberry bushes.
I got the canes for free. They reproduced readily. They love the watering schedule for the honeysuckle vine, so I’m getting loads of berries and not much work. One end of the garden arbor at our other house.
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Those look really nice. Do you know what variety you have?
No idea. Someone shipped them to me in trade for fig cuttings or a tree. I was happy they were thornless.