MOVING UP

Avegetable garden had been on my wish list for some time since downsizing to a smaller home. Life and other interests filled my time for a couple of years, but the second hard Covid lockdown made sure I had some downtime. It also meant that nothing had to be rushed, so there was time to plan the project. It’s in my nature to put time into researching and planning before the ‘doing’ part of any project. Some people just launch into a job and it works out OK, but it’s not how my brain works. The internet makes digging for info so much easier. Looking for kitsets on the market was straightforward, but I found they were costly and not always the size I wanted. Of course availability and freight issues were problematic at the time, too.

Shape and size

The design I settled on covers a footprint of 3 metres x 2 metres with a walk-in 1m x 1m pocket in the middle. This meant I wouldn’t have to reach any more than ½ metre. The other dimension, of course, is the height. Most kitsets were around 400mm high and, while that would have been