Garden Shed Preparation

Simon's been working here and there on preparing the foundation for the shed over summer - still has a little work to go, but it's getting there. We're now just waiting for the shed (currently at my parents' house) to be dismantled and brought around.

A few days back I visited our local Junk Shop at the dump. I'm not sure how long it's been there, but I've only recently heard of it. I was wanting to gather together some bits and pieces to deck out the shed with. I found this wee shelf unit (I plan to paint this with one of our leftover "greens" from our interior colours), a few pots/storage containers, a little native plant picture, a plaster hanging, and a fold down table that just had to come home with me (now set up in the kids end of the lounge with a table cloth on it).

The glass jars I got so I can make some lanterns with the kids some time.

All up I paid $9.

It can be dangerous business visiting 2nd hand shops though - it's a fine line between getting things for cheap (and often quirky that I couldn't just "buy" in a shop) and to suddenly start cluttering up the house with stuff that's not really wanted/needed even if things only cost a few cents or dollars. Argh!

I wonder if my chickens will become shed-climbers instead of tree-climbers?

A fun online garden planning tool

I came across this site yesterday. I thought it had some great ideas for planning all sorts of edible gardens. I then discovered that you can customise the gardens to what you want (for example, my garden beds are 2x2m instead of the 3'x6'). You can then drop in the vegetables you want, the list updates for growing instructions etc. This model works very similarly to the high-yield garden ideas or square foot gardening.

Check it out!