We built a playhouse over the weekend. However, I could just as easily call it a potting shed. It looks a little ramshackle, but it’s quite sturdy. We created it out of two bifold doors cut in half, four posts, some scavenged two by fours, and a lot of roofing planks that I had in the basement, just like any good playhouse.
Since our back garden is mere meters in length, the playhouse will double as a potting shed and an avenue for my building-related whimsies. Granted, it is a rather deluxe and spacious potting shed, measuring all of 3.5 feet by 3.5 feet square.
What are our plans, and what could you do in your garden if you happened to have such a spacious square available?
The house will have a green roof quite soon. We’re getting a piece of waterproof membrane that we will attach to the edges of the roof, caulk, and surround by a strip of wood. We’ll plant sedums and grasses on the roof to add to the wildlife habitat that our garden provides. I’m investigating edible green roof crops as well.
We have a space behind the shed, and you all know what that will be used for – secret tool storage. Right now it is hiding offcuts of wood, but soon there will only be tools. The rest of the tools are hanging from hooks on the outside of the shed, just below the strategically-designed overhang. Gone is the tipping bucket of tools.
In a month, we will build a box that also acts as a tool and pot container. It will also be a seat for small children who use the playhouse. Behind the shorter box will be a taller one where we will have our compost bin, and on the lid of the bin will be a small glassed-in box for starting seeds in the early spring. I hope that the compost will provide some bottom heat.