I kept count using small stones, you’ll count 13 small batches, 13 times 10, that’s 130 wheelbarrows. We also had mushroom and top soil delivered, that I didn’t take any pictures of. As much as I enjoy documenting everything I think I got to the point where it didn’t matter, I just wanted to get it done, picture or not.
Total we used 230 wheelbarrow of soil to fill the raised bed.
Our 20(6m) feet wide and 32(9.8m) feet long garden took us 2 months to built, she produced lots of sweat, many many hours spent in Home Depot or Lowes, lots of 2 by 4s loaded into the truck, lots of screws, bolts, washers, we spent approximately 1500 cable ties to secure fencing and roof netting.
Okay, now we are off to put up the green fencing. We have plentiful deer in the area so this was pretty much necessary.
Garden is deer and bird proof. We put a green fencing up and actually we have 2 netted roofs, one though effective for larger birds still not small enough for small ones, small birds were attacking our strawberries with a strong force so we hand to get a netting with smaller holes, it took us 4 days to make it, you wouldn’t believe what we went through to get it done. We bought one roll of bird netting , we could have bought a large netting on ebay, but they were just waaaaaaay too expensive. So using a fishing nylon and on all fours on our lawn we sewed it together to make a large enough netting to cover the whole garden and more.
When I look back at things we have done it seems impossible for 2 people to do it all, but with the determination it can be done.
Also there are 2 support beams in the structure of the garden, just to be on the safe side that it is not going to collapse on us.
Bellow you can see the first netting, that at the end was not effective and small birds still got in and were damaging our crops, we bought that on ebay, leftovers were used to build a climbing wall for our beans.
Zucchinis
Cantaloupe
Beans
In July things started to move quickly, everything is growing rapidly, we’ve been harvesting lots of beans, and just a few days ago we picked first cherry tomatoes. Zucchinis are proving to be abundant this year as well. Strawberries we planted have grown sufficiently since April, and every day I pick about a handful or so.
I’ve been cooking lots of vegetable dishes, soups and been doing lots of grilling. I love veggies on the grill. Mostly I’m enjoying being able to see how everything grows and turns itself into a fruit /crop. I checked on carrots they are looking great too. We had the first kohlrabi, tender and juicy. Tomatoes have grown so much, we had to install a new extension for them to grow on, they are ranging from 7ft(2m) to 10ft (3m) tall and still growing.
The tallest variety is “sweet100”, at 10ft )3m), doing great and producing lots of tasty cherry tomatoes.
Enjoy.
Awesome very good detailed pics & instructions. It’s pretty worth enough for me. yard maintenance
Hana & Rado,
I am speechless…your garden is absolutely amazing. I enjoyed seeing the whole progress. Everthing looks so yummy. Now you can open your own Fruit & Vegetable Stand on your street!
See you soon,
Terri & Paul
Oh Hani!! How beautiful! Your cookies just show how beautiful the rest of the things in your life are. I would be so ashamed to show you the pictures of our garden!! This is inspiring! thank you for sharing!!!!!!! i love it! thank you for taking your time to document it!
Glory, thanks for stopping by, I'm glad you enjoyed the tour.It is a lot of work and finally it is paying off.
Jenn, you can email me I can put an approximate sheet together,no problem.Can't wait to see what you'll guys do.
Tracy, thank you for your support, I've been documenting almost every single step we took, it is hard to do so, but I've tried to do my best.Glad you like it.
Faithy, you made me laugh, I'm so scared of spiders, been fighting that fear from childhood, believe me I was thinking of running too.;-)
Laurie, thanks for stopping by, I agree home grown is the best.
What a beautiful garden!! You can really see through your pics how much love you both put into it!! There really is nothing better than home grown!!
I'm so impressed! I can't imagine you built this garden on your own, just the 2 of you! so awesome! such wonderful garden and lovely photos! you managed to capture all the garden predator and worm so well!.. I'm hopeless, if it was me, i would run a mile seeing any insect/worms.. lol!
This was such a treat to see, Hani! Your garden is just wonderful and thank you for showing us with your amazing photography the transformation that occurred. I just loved seeing this and it brought such a smile to my face!
What a Beautiful garden! My husband and I sold our home recently (and our garden 🙁 Our new home is infested with deer as well. So I was curious if you wouldn't mind sharing with me the approximate cost we will incur next year when we have to build that type of enclosed area, ourselves. If you're willing to share I would GREATly appreciate it. If not, know that your garden is beautiful and you have me jealous this year!
Oh Haniela, I enjoyed that tour so much!! You can really see all of the love (and work!!) that went into it all!! It is one of the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen!!
Thank you Bea. I was just talking with a friend about zucchini blossoms, and I'll be making some. I can't wait to see what they taste like.Oooh I love the sound of that bechamel sauce. Thank you for Bea.
Oh, Hani! You did a wonderful work of love with your garden… I love to see your veggies growing and if they taste as good as they look, you'll enjoy many meals… In Mexico we eat zucchini flowers (we eat a lot of flowers!) they are tasty and you can make soup or cream, or add to creamy bechamel sauce and top pork or chicken with it… we use them to stuff quesadillas, chicken or pork… just looking at yours made my mouth water 🙂