It didn’t take Mr T long to start the earthworks and put in some garden beds 
Photos from April 2014, about a month after we moved in.
The narrower garden bed in the last of the above photos ended up being redone to make it wider and so that we could walk behind it. And then we soon realised that 2 vegie/herb gardens was not enough and so Mr T got onto constructing a few more.
There’s been a few experiments along the way with things that haven’t quite worked how we wanted, but I guess that’s how you learn what you do want. Give things a go and then change and adapt until it’s just right! For example the garden bed pictured below no longer exists because although it was successful but a bit of an awkward position. There’s a shade house there now.
Another experiment that didn’t last (pictured below) was this cool section of a garden bed that Mr T constructed for growing potatoes. The idea was that it had a couple of removable sides so it made the potatoes easier to access. It actually worked really well but we decided that the harvest we got wasn’t really worth the garden bed space. I am going to try growing potatoes again, but use tater bags this time.
Bayside Homestead 