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The Jungle Brothers recently built a garden for Megan.  She is a very nice person who initially answered my ad where I was looking for used pots, and Megan really came through, giving me a stack of nice pots I was able to re-use.  When it came time to expand her garden, Megan gave me a call- and of course she knew that this was a job for the Jungle Brothers! 

 

 

Megan's backyard is AMAZING!  She has chickens, fruit trees, gardens, compost...everything you would want and dream of in a suburban garden.  Megan really knows how to garden.  But she also had a place that was recently cleared out for some other building, so there was space for a new garden.

 

The chickens were really important to this project, because the plan was to fill the new garden beds with soil from the chicken yard.  

 

The Jungle Brothers at work. 

 

We set out to build the garden according to Megan's plans.  And honestly...I was impressed with her plans.  She had used grid paper to lay everything out, including measurements in all 3 dimensions.  It was so enjoyable to follow the plans knowing that they customer was getting exactly what they wanted.

 

 

One of the most important things you notice here, is that the beds are full covered with drip irrigation.  Megan bought the Garden Grid system to cover the 3 beds- I liked them, they put out a lot of water!  For the barrell, and the 'bonus bed' we just put in standard drip irrigation.

 

 

One of the other important features is the cattle panel trellis.  This is ready for the vines to start growing!

 

 

This chicken soil, was some of the best soil I have ever seen!  It was so light, and so full of worms and other life.   The chickens have done a great job turning all of those leaves and kitchen waste into some beautiful soil.  We were able to get 3-4 inches of great soil from all throughout the chicken coop.

 

 

The chickens absolutely loved when we were working the soil.  Every grub, worm, or any other insect larvae that was exposed was immediately gobbled up by the chickens.  These little mini-dinosaurs are beasts!

 

***Update- okay, minor/major problem, there were a lot of amaranth seeds in the chicken soil.  So now there is a healthy crop of amaranth in the garden!  But man, does the chicken soil make the garden grow!

 

The chickens watched our every move.  Every time we dug into the soil, the chickens were right there.  Ready to get the worms and grubs and every other thing they love to eat.

 

 

After the initial build, Megan invited me back to take some photos when everything was planted.  (I told you she was nice!)  When I came through the gate and saw the garden, the first thing I said was, "Wow, this is beautiful!"