How does your garden grow? - Page 2

The overhang on the right is part of the Dog pen roof, The building looking over the Bed is the Pigeon Loft

@Steve1-
I always love looking at your photos. I came across an old thread of yours where you built a brick dog house. My husband loved those photos!

That's quite the raised bed in that first picture, Steve!  We tossed around the idea of using stone but are not yet sure of what we want the final configuration of the garden to be several years from now.  I'm thinking of something unusual for a vegetable garden...something tiered with a little waterfall and pond maybe.  Don't fret over not having everything planted yet; most over here don't either.  I sort of jumped the gun and planted everything the first weekend in April except the tomatoes which went in the second weekend.  It's taken a little effort to manage...covering the plants at nights when frost is expected and whatnot but has worked out fairly well overall.

I used Red and Grey Bricks in that raised bed, It took a bit of doing because of the bends and angles which is on the opposite side to what you see was a bit tricky, Tomorrow i will take a pic to show you
Then all we did was to use up the Soil,  Clay Soil and heavy, from the Soakaway we built to take the water from the 60ft Pigeon loft roof.
Although it cannot be seen it is directly in front of the loft and we dug out by hand a Square
10ft + 6ft and 7ft deep, we put old Bricks and Rocks in and a Sheet of Plastic with holes in then put back a fair bit of earth We laid soak away pipes right round the loft each end going into the soakaway , Todate it has worked perfectly for 6 years, The rest of the soil went into the raised bed along with the Pigeon Manure and Cow and Horse Dung plus more soil to make the raised bed, A lot of work but worth the effort
Steve1

   Steve...

       Your beds are quite nice...: )

       I like the way you have a focal point in the center of both beds...: )

       I have never had any luck with roses...What is your secrete Steve...?

Here is three more Pic's of the same bed but at different angles, You can see the Curves i built in and there is only two straight walls. To date no cracks in the wall of course i built small retaining peers inside the bed and tied them into the wall as it was being built
Steve1,
Deanna'  I just plant them in the autumn -  winter with some root grow to get then established quickly meaning the root system,  then its up to nature I have around 60 plus rose bushes in the Garden and along the side of the house, all are scented and repeating, The Building you are looking at in these last Pic's is the Dog Pens very close to the back of the house only just over a yard away

The two white panels you see on the Dog run are there to defect the sun and so the Dogs lie behind in the shade, we put two up if needed

That is very well done, indeed, Steve!

Deanna, I had 75 rose bushes at one time and would not recommend planting to anyone east of the Mississippi.  They draw Japanese beetles who then lay their eggs in your yard which then hatch into grubs that destroy your lawn.  I had probably 1/4 acre where the grass was completely dead from the grubs eating the roots.  You could literally pick the dead clumps up off of the dirt as nothing was holding it down any more...serious mess.  If you are hell-bent on growing roses and don't want to live in a yard full of chemicals, look up milky spore...it'll take it a few years to become estaqblished in your yard byt it will naturally control the grubs...still won't prevent the beetles from destroying your roses, though.