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<\/a>Veggie garden roof being built<\/p><\/div>\n
We had to build raised beds since all we have here is caliche limestone soil and rock. More rock than anything else really, and nothing much will grow in that. I did spend some time pickaxing out the stones about a foot down, so that moisture could move downward unimpeded in case we got a heavy drenching rain. I wanted to use a stone to border to match the limestone fascia of the house. Dick spent a lot of time cutting the stones and making them fit together. We filled the gardens with soil and compost we bought form the Natural Gardener. Then Dick fenced the entire thing in to keep deer and rabbits out. For the posts he used cedar –\u00a0 you just can’t beat the weather and bug resistance of that glorious wood.<\/p>\n
The project is almost done. We still have to stain the wood. I can’t believe the tomatoes plants have gotten so big.<\/p>\n I planted some huge sunflowers in there – just for fun. I had no idea they would climb out of the roof at over 8 feet tall!<\/p>\n A view of the top of the veggie garden from the pond.<\/p>\n When I first moved to Texas I spent most of my gardening time building perennial beds and borders. Having never tried my hand at veggie gardening but wanting badly to do so, I started small with some container grown peppers … Continue reading <\/a>Tomato and pepper plants are in and growing and I have my lemon cucumbers are happily blooming already. We placed the garden pretty close to the house and the all important water collection system. I use only this water for the garden as it isn’t as hard as the city water and there is no chlorine in it either.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Some of them are really pretty!<\/p>\n<\/a>Although yellow is still a stunner!<\/p>\n<\/a> I am in awe of Dick’s handiwork skills. He spent a lot of time coming up with this amazing pergola design. Nothing seems to challenge him, and if it does, he usually finds some awesome solution. He listened closely to what I wanted, even though I thought it could never be done and built something that is better than I could have imagined! Thank you Dick!!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>I sure hope Kokopelli’s fertility powers extend all the way to the veg garden for extra productivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"