Interesting thread! Currently redoing my top garden, and planning some raised beds/planters and maybe a small DIY greenhouse too.
Past couple of weeks been concreting and patio laying, built a massive double gate, put up some new fencing, and repaired some others. Arms like Popeye.
For what it’s worth, we get next to no rain from July through August and I never water the grass. It dies off but comes back with a vengeance as soon as the fall rains come. Unfortunately the weeds around here could give a fuck about drought, they grow year round.
2022 and 2021 Views from the front of our 180m2 permaculture garden/allotment.
We started out 3 years ago and we learned so much and now grow our own veg and fruit all year round. Annuals but also a lot of perennial planting. It’s difficult to see what is going on because everything is densely interplanted. We even put a pond in there. We’ve been doing the ‘No dig’ thing. We cut plants back and mulch it back onto the ground which in turn gives ground cover to suppress weeds but provides nutrition for the soil and it’s definitely a reason why our garden explodes every year now. People walking by always say what a pretty flower garden we have but it’s actually full of food. We have a roof terrace where we live and that looks pretty much the same but a lot smaller
Up there with the least enjoyable ways to spend money? What’s that you need? Don’t tell me, buts it’ll be over 300notes… if yer lucky.
I’ve a new build house so after digging out all the crap left behind by the builder it didn’t make for the best soil. Slowly now I can buy plants without the soil sucking the life out of everything.
Also grass. Fucking grass. Grass is natures way of being a total bastard, stop mocking me… evening sun on it…oh doesn’t that look good! Wake up next day…what’s happened now ffs?! Why have you changed? And when the fuck did those weeds join the party?! Fck it, I’ll see you next summer asshole.
That said, for the price a decent level synth, I did make my bins look abit nicer, bargain.