The Shed

The garden shed is built in a style that is similar to our house. We hired the framer that built our house to come out and do the framing of the building and put on the Hardy siding. We did the initial and final dirt work, built the foundation, did the concrete work and the painting and the roofing. The size of the building is about 10' by 12' enclosed and then it also has a smallish covered porch with cedar support posts.

The flooring inside was originally dirt, no solid concrete. My wife installed concrete pavers instead and filled the gaps with sand. The floor works well for a garden building.

The south side of the building has two large windows, and there are individual smaller windows on the east and west sides. The idea for the large south facing windows was that this building could function somewhat as a greenhouse, which it did the first year we had it.

We had an electrician come and run power to the shed and to our greenhouse. It cost a few bucks, but it is nice to have the light in the shed and the power in the greenhouse is a necessity for running a space heater to overwinter plants and veggies. The power is also handy for running the small aquarium-type air compressor that I use to brew compost tea.

Inside the shed is the usual garden stuff...shovels, rakes etc, and also shelving for seeds, sprays and sprayers, small tools, and the miscellaneous stuff you might need in gardening. We also have a potting table and several bags of purchased potting mixes, top soils, composts and mulches that we draw from for potting up the various plants we have around.