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All quiet on the garden front
Sat Mar 29 16:21:42 GMT 2008
Possibly I'm missing something, but currently I have little to do in the garden short of turn the compost, remove cat droppings, and watch my kale sprouts grow.
Two week's growth on this bad boy
Instead, I'm having to do a bit of thinking and planning for the eventual goal of the garden as a whole. This year is going to be a bit patchy for vegetable growing as I'm hoping to replace the hard surfacing as well as build some raised beds, all of which may cause some disruption.
As well as this, I've been pondering how to put together a green-roofed bin store for my wheelie bins.
Green roof bin storage
I've had some problems in the design of this: I don't really want to have to construct something out of stone or brick, but equally I'm not sure whether wood would be up to the job. Thank goodness, then, for a little booklet produced by the London Ecology Unit called Building Green (warning: pdf), which has lots of information on the green roof, including wet and dry weights of typical growing substrates; planting suggestions; and design suggestions.
Slightly closer to home, though, is a great site the Mactaguester dug out for me which includes a grand gallery of DIY green-roof structures, including a marvellous log store constructed by a chap called Peter which looks pretty much like what I need.