The New Shed

After a long wait, the construction on the new shed has begun.  Originally ordered in the early summer, it was several weeks until the contractor got to ours on his list of orders.  Then there were small problems like hurricanes and heavy rains in between vacations and trips to Haiti.  So, two weeks ago construction began, and the roof has been added since these pictures were taken.  It will house all of the garden tools, pots, the two electric mowers (one is battery), stakes, netting, and the other assorted materials. The first picture shows how it sits in behind the concrete retaining wall.

The picture on the left shows how it will look from the front porch.  This area is the closest we have to a back yard, since it includes the propane tank for the kitchen, the HVAC compressor, and the septic tank cover.  It is the most hidden from any road. This has been our vegetable plot for for ten years, but as the crape myrtle has gotten over twenty feet tall, it is casting too much shade. I am sure we will be planting bushes and vines to provide more screening once it is finished. 

The view from the side shows how it will actually hide most of the utility area from people who are walking the labyrinth, which will be very good.  I expect we will do something on the side with the door and windows to make it more friendly, but there is plenty of time to live with it over the winter before we decide upon anything.  It might even be possible to make a small, "secret" garden, with lots of shade which is very rare for our lot.  As long as we put in some fencing to keep out the long legged rodents that wander in from the nature preserve, we could grow some of those Hostas that David likes so much.