So, it started with some godawful Smurf blue boards that we painted red:
Eventually, those boards turned into these:
The cool things were that the wood was free and the paint was only $5 in the “Oops” section of Home Depot. We’re all about the budget here.
I have a small, postage stamp sized yard, surrounded on three sides by two garages and a privacy fence that you don’t want to get me started on. Where the neighbor’s garage ends begins my view of the rest of the backyards on my block, including two in-ground pools. BONUS: One of them is in the backyard of house that has been foreclosed and abandoned.
I can’t really afford a privacy fence of my own right now. The Boyfriend is a little hesitant to even consider one, since we’re not sure how it would affect our sunlight in that area of our veggie garden. Our solution? Trellises with pole beans and sugar snap peas:
Note the homemade one on the extreme right. The Boyfriend made that out of branches of a junk tree I cut down. Also note in the foreground my triangular cages. I’m hoping to trellis up cucumber and zucchini plants. I’m pretty sure those aren’t going to be tall enough, but I can add to it later. I basically wanted something in place to see how it would work with the boxes.
On the other side of the yard is my driveway and garage. We’ve re-purposed the area in front of the garage as our patio, since we never pull the cars in that far anyway. This presented another problem because the house next door is on a corner lot and I’m a little uncomfortable with how much of my yard can be seen from the street. The neighbor in the corner house does have strategically planted shrubs, but there are a few gaps. And let’s face it; I don’t particularly like the shrubs they have.
Our solution:
The boxes contain Morning Glory and Moon Flower seeds that are just now sprouting. In between the boxes is a clematis that will hopefully help fill in the ugly chain link. I am still debating on what to do with the area around the boxes. But I have lots of annuals left to plant, so let’s just say I have options.
There is still work to be done. I haven’t figured out where I’m placing all of my other containers just yet. We have lights to string up and while I’ve obtained the hooks for two of my hanging planters, I still have at least one basket to find an elevated home for. I’ll take more photos this weekend when the weather is FINALLY supposed to be sunny AND warm.
That is so cool! It looks GREAT!
Hey, Val, long time no comment! Your setup looks amazing! I really like the trellises on the fence, even the homemade one!
We’re gardening too, but our heavily wooded yard doesn’t leave us with as much room as you’ve got to plant.
You can check out our tiny garden on Kelly’s blog if you want. HERE!