Setting out the Plants

Moved all the containers from the porch to the enclosure. Heavy heavy and heavy.... Too tired for pictures.

Completed Enclosure

At last. The enclosure is finished and the electric fence is working. The final step was this 7 ft. pole that will support netting for the beans and tomatoes. A couple of bean pots are in place.

Black flies and Mosquitoes were TERRIBLE!!!!!

Label It

My daughter just brought over this gift. Some of the container labels were already rubbing off and this should help.

Grow, Grow and Grow....

See the progress. Plants will stay in the screened porch for a couple of weeks to as we will be in the city and won't have time to set up the electric fence operation.

Finished the Enclosure

Despite blackflies and mosquitoes I managed to complete the enclosure. All I need to do is hook up the electric unit and get some warning signs (I think they are needed by law)

In the center is a re-purposed lower unit from a composting toilet. This has a nice drum turned with a handle and will do splendid service reducing our kitchen and garden waste to compost. The two large containers have potatoes and rhubarb. The potato is 1/2 full and soil is added as the plants grow to increase the yield - at least, that's what I was told...

Here is a closer view of the "gate"

More Planting

Today is a public holiday so we had time for more planting.


Here are some of the containers in the porch waiting for the enclosure to be completed.
























The rhubarb and 4 Brussels sprouts were bought at the local nursery! I know it`s cheating but both are favourites.





Yes, I did have time for some work on the enclosure. You can see the half inch mesh to stop things getting under the fence. Also the 2 X 2 that will be the gate post. It stays in place because of the top wire which does not show in the photo.

Building the Containers

Here are some of the 42 containers. These are food grade and came free from a soft drinks manufacturer.



























I thought you would like to see some of the labels showing what goes into this stuff! Needless to say we soaked them in water, cut the bottoms off, and pressure washed.

The conainers are about 20" high and 11" across with a quite large hole. We cut short pieces of wood to hold the wicking fabric above the hole. Also drilled a number of drainage holes in parts of the top that will be below the opening.