With the glorious weather that comes with life in southern California, I really want a garden. I love growing vegetables and fruit and miss the sight of my fruit trees, raspberries, and roses from my kitchen window. Here, though, we have no yard—just a brick patio.
It’s a nice brick patio, but not exactly conducive to a garden. Sometimes, though, being married to a creative engineer has its benefits. 
We had discussed various options for a container garden before the boys and I headed to Seattle at the beginning of April. Jim researched some and showed me an idea on Saturday. Because Logan wasn’t feeling well, instead of exploring the area we headed to Home Depot for supplies for my new garden. Check out what we did!
First, we picked up some cedar stair risers. You know, the kind that you put on a deck? Yep. Those. Then we attached them to the pergola posts.
We added cedar fence boards (and cedar trim boards to stiffen the fence boards over the 6’ span).
Add some plastic window box liners and soil, and you’ve got a great container garden!
I LOVE IT!!! The drip irrigation will be expanded for the garden tomorrow evening. The seeds (beets, carrots, zucchini, butternut squash, and cantaloupe, all heirloom) will be here Wednesday. The bell peppers will be planted tomorrow. Small pots for herbs will go on the top shelf and will be added later in the week. (Note: that’s rosemary in the pot by the fence, visible in the previous picture as well. It’s HUGE! Smells heavenly too…) The heirloom tomato pot is on the other side of the pergola, under an existing drip line.
I’ve told Jim many times that while I love the fact that we’re not tied at home with yard work, I miss my garden fiercely. This should help.
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