Here is a list of projects that I have planned in 2012
Water Garden. This is a Christmas gift for Ellen. We had a small pond at our previous home, with gold fish, various water plants, and hideously loud bullfrogs. I’m not sure what form this water garden will take yet; we’re still ruminating about it. But I’ve picked out a likely spot- Add to the walkway. I have some bags of quikrete leftover from last year’s walkway project, so this year I’m going to extend a narrower walkway from the greenhouse to the main walk. It’s probably no more than 25 feet, but heavily trafficked.
Build a large raised bed with a protective critter-proof cover. The project will be a simple wooden raised bed, with the addition of a light A-frame cover, that will be clad with plastic fencing material. The bottom of the raised bed will be protected from voles by hardware cloth covering the bottom. It will be used primarily for root crops like carrots and beets, lettuce, parsley, and such. Let’s see if the rabbits, voles, and squirrels can breech it!
