Basket of garden vegetables with tomatoes, cucumbers, and pale yellow round vegetables.

In Goes the Garden!

After months of pandemic-related delay, we’re finally starting on our garden project! While the house already has lovely front and back gardens, there was an old concrete patio at the rear of the property that was calling out to be a vegetable garden.
 
Backyard garden with a red concrete patio, brick raised beds, and a blue wheelbarrow.
 
First step - jackhammering!
 
Backyard garden renovation with rubble from a demolished patio, a hot tub, and a worker using a tool. Garden patio demolition beside a house, with broken concrete and raised brick planting beds. Backyard garden renovation with rubble piled beside brick planters, leafy shrubs, and a wooden fence. Backyard garden area cleared to bare soil, bordered by citrus trees and greenery beside a hot tub.
 
Then the boxes go in. I love our friendly installation team!
 
Backyard garden with wooden raised beds beside a fence and shed. New wooden raised garden bed beside brick retaining walls and a weathered fence. Three adults pose beside two wooden raised garden beds in a sunny backyard.
 
Our flagstone patio let the water drain through and give us a place to eat dinner in the garden. We sealed the boxes and paving stones, and planted ground cover between the stones. Now for everything to grow! Want to come for dinner? Give me a call!
 
Backyard garden with slate paving and new wooden raised beds. Backyard garden with new wooden raised beds, slate paving, and brick planters of strawberries. Backyard garden with a fruiting citrus tree, raised wooden beds, and a flagstone path.

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