PHROG

Almost finished with what so far we are calling the Play House Re-creating Our Garden or Play House Re-creating Organic Gardens or People Helping Real Organic Goodies or....Ideas? We started with PHOG Playhouse of Gardening but I just love the PHROG or frog motif!

Now that we have photos those who couldn’t picture one cattle panel standing like an arbor and one lying down as a back wall connected with a ceiling of twine can see what I had in mind. The floor is a layer of newspaper then landscape fabric then cardboard then mulch. The house is great for easy harvesting; you can stand or sit in the shade inside the house for much of your harvesting. It also serves as a magnet for young children so their parents can garden while toddlers are enjoying their house. The front yard of the playhouse is landscaped with 2 blueberry bushes planted in amended soil to accommodate their need for an acid ph. Tomatoes (heat tolerant varieties donated by Duck Creek Farms) have been planted on the front arbor and tomorrow or as soon as I cool off I will plant cucumbers and beans on the back wall. Blackberries are planted on the fence nearby and I hope to add strawberries next spring. The weather is cooling off! I didn’t break a sweat till well after 11am and I was soaked last weekend by 8am!
We will need to replenish the mulch periodically to continue to smother weeds and of course replant our annual vineing food crops but this structure should give our students great gardening opportunities for many years.
I have also installed a soaker hose and am trying to make watering easier.
Don’t forget we will be doing garden art and garden chores on Saturday August 28 from 8-10 am and we need volunteers in many areas, let us know how you want to participate.
I will try to post pictures occasionally so you can see our house walls and roof fill in! Happy gardening everyone.

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