The Garden Shed from The Home Garden

October Garden Shed Update

2011-10-25T08:30:00.001-05:00

Since my garden shed's construction was complete my updates have been less frequent. OK it's not really complete yet but the physical structure is finished. (Feel free to check out the YouTube slideshow on the shed's construction) There is a huge list of things I would like to add or improve on the shed and over time I'll be tackling them one at a time. As a busy stay-at-home dad it's tough to

It's Been a While!

2011-08-02T22:02:00.000-05:00

It's been a long long while since I've updated this page about my garden shed. Of course if you follow me on the main The Home Garden page you probably know why my garden activities have slowed down over the last couple months. I won't go into detail in this post but if you follow this link you'll see the main reason that gardening and my garden shed hasn't been a priority. This past weekend I

Garden Shed - April Video Update!

2011-04-22T11:19:00.002-05:00

This is the first video update from the garden shed. Hopefully I'll be able to add more videos to The Home Garden over time include how-to's and mini-garden tours! I hope you enjoy the look inside my messy construction and plant filled shed. Please be forgiving, as always it is a work in progress! This video was made with my Sony HDRCX130 HD Video Camera!

Garden Shed Plant Propagation Update

2011-03-01T21:11:00.000-06:00

This year was the first year I've been able to house my cuttings in the garden shed. It's been great so far. There's no heat but the plants have been protected from the coldest of the winter lows. Essentially I've moved them 1-2 heat zones south without having to leave my yard. Here's a look at the garden shed plants: Several hydrangeas are sending up new foliage. Hydrangeas are so easy to

Garden Shed February Update

2011-02-16T22:00:00.000-06:00

It's been a long while since I've mentioned anything about the goings on in my garden shed world. This should take too long, after all it is February, not much is growing, and it's a small world afterall! Let's dig right in and look to see how things have overwintered! Right now I'm using my shed as a holding area to help shelter my propagated plants. I don't have it heated and I'm not sure

Plant Benches Completed

2010-10-25T20:48:00.000-05:00

I wrote in my last post about the plant benches I was working on for the garden shed and this weekend I was able to finish installing the coated wire shelf tops. Now I can add plants in to overwinter, hardwood cuttings for rooting over the winter, or maybe even start seeds in the early spring. Each shelf is covered with the wire mesh you see in the above picture. The plants in the picture

Making Plant Benches from Scrap Lumber

2010-10-11T21:17:00.000-05:00

You can't have a greenhouse garden shed without having a place to put the plants can you? I've finally gotten far enough along that I can assemble a long plant bench. Since I've collected scrap lumber from a variety of projects and people I decided to use that for this first plant bench. As money allows I may upgrade or add to this bench but for now this will work just fine. The base bench is

The Garden Shed - With Paint!

2010-10-03T21:44:00.001-05:00

One long anticipated task for me and my garden shed was the painting. It's come a long way over the course of the past year - from nothing to an actual building capable of storing my lawn equipment, but I've really been looking forward to completing the painting. Even if the inside isn't completely arranged and finished at least the outside now has a somewhat finished look. Here is the shed a

What's a Potting Shed Without...

2010-09-14T21:56:00.000-05:00

...Pots! This weekend I put together a 5' by 16" shelf cabinet in the garden shed designed for storing all those extra pots. Well not all of them - I just have too many - I need more shelves! It's made from 1"x11" painted boards and mounted with a 2"x4" backing. Finish nails and a few screws make it very sturdy. I have a few more pieces of the same lumber that I can use to make a some more

A Brick Floor in the Garden Shed

2010-08-16T20:53:00.000-05:00

My last post about the brick floor only had a small portion of the garden shed covered with bricks. I've made a little progress since then and have complete exhausted my supply of free bricks. I've been looking for more but so far I've come up empty handed. I'm pleased with how it's turning out at this point but really would love for another 150 bricks to fall in my lap - OK, not really, that

The Garden Shed - Brick Floor Laying

2010-08-04T20:42:00.000-05:00

Finally I braved the harsh August summer elements and trekked out to the garden shed to lay the brick floor down. I didn't get finished but I did manage to get some important work done like leveling the crushed gravel underneath where the bricks will go. I took a board and a level and made sure that the gravel was nice and even underneath. The bricks are going in the garden shed in three sections

The Gardens Around the Shed

2010-07-18T21:09:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since my last garden shed update and I've done a few more things. Not directly on the shed itself but around the shed. You'll see in the pictures below that there are two distinct garden areas near the shed. One directly in front of the shed and the other to the left (eastern) side. In between the two gardens is a grass pathway plenty wide enough for people to walk through and

Tinkering Away

2010-06-07T16:14:00.000-05:00

I've been gradually tinkering away at the garden shed. A few tasks are underway that are necessary before the next big step for the outside - painting! I've been busy sealing up the cracks around all the openings with caulk. I think I'm just over halfway done with the caulking on the outside. The caulking around the big windows on the east and west sides is now finished as well as the front right

A Small Garden Shed Update

2010-05-31T13:09:00.000-05:00

Here's a just a short update with what's going on with my garden shed. Bought three colors of paint (two gallons of the main paint and one each for trim and doors). I'll let you know what the color scheme will be later but it will blend with our house. Bought glazing to fix and repair the old single pain windows. Cleaned the large picture windows, front doors, and back door to see what needs

A Little Closer to Finished

2010-05-09T09:04:00.001-05:00

Corner Trim on Garden Shed Every day that I get a few minutes to work on the garden shed I get a little closer to finished. Of course I'm still not close enough for my tastes but I'll keep plugging away at it and eventually it will get completed. A couple weeks ago I managed to add the trim to the corners on the outside of the shed and yesterday I did some gap sealing in the eaves. I used a can

Garden Shed with a Front Porch

2010-04-15T20:33:00.003-05:00

Last weekend I put together a small front porch for my garden shed. It's nothing fancy - just a small platform measuring 8'x4' made from pressure treated lumber. It's wide enough to fit a couple chairs when needed and provides a platform for entering the garden shed. The deck is free floating and can be moved if needed. It isn't attached to the building but appears like it is. It has corner

Gables Covered!

2010-03-29T07:55:00.001-05:00

While I'm excited that the gables on the garden shed were covered this weekend I'm a little disappointed the garden shed siding isn't finished. As it turns out I ran one piece of siding short of finishing the job! It's an awful feeling to realize that you're only a couple steps away from completing a task but you can't. The areas that still need siding are on the left and right sides - one piece

Cabinets for the Garden Shed

2010-03-25T20:35:00.000-05:00

Please ignore the mess of bricks and leftover lumber lying on the floor at the bottom of this picture. Instead focus on the cabinets! Family friends were cleaning out their basement and passed on quite a few pieces of lumber and odds and ends they thought could be reused. The cabinets came along for the ride too. With a little sanding and a paint job (when I get to it!) they will blend in

Progress Inside the Greenhouse Garden Shed

2010-03-23T21:43:00.001-05:00

While earlier in the week brought progress to the outside of the greenhouse garden shed this weekend brought some progress to the inside. I had already insulated parts of the shed where there is no glass but I needed to cover the insulation. Fortunately there is plenty of scrap plywood laying around the shed from doing the outside sheathing plus some old sheets of plywood I've collected over time

Greenhouse Garden Shed with a Secret Back Door

2010-03-22T07:00:00.000-05:00

One of the tasks I accomplished last week on the greenhouse garden shed was to complete most of the siding on the backside. It was a complicated task due to many little cuts and some creative problem solving that was involved. One of the issues was with the "secret door." I wanted the backdoor where my mower will enter the shed portion to look like a single normal door. To do that I needed to

Siding on the Greenhouse Shed...Again

2010-03-15T14:10:00.000-05:00

Before this weekend I made a big list on what I wanted to accomplish and one of those tasks was finishing the siding on the greenhouse shed. Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to complete it but I did manage to complete some large and tricky areas. When it comes to projects and time my ideas are always bigger than my watch. The trickiest parts were around the braces for the greenroof

Installing the Greenhouse Shed Roof Window

2010-03-08T20:08:00.000-06:00

This past weekend while the weather was looking pretty close to awesome we re-made the roof window on my greenhouse shed. The first attempt was leaking in a couple small spots which prompted me to re-think the whole design before the project was too far along. I found out while I was removing the first attempt that if I had just caulked underneath two of the clamps I used to hold the windows in

Greenroof Overhang for the Front Door

2010-02-22T21:24:00.000-06:00

I've been fascinated (as have many people lately) with the green roofs that are quickly become very popular. Originally when I wanted to build my shed I wanted to cover the all of the non-transparent roof surfaces with plants. I realized that to build a greenroof over the whole structure would be both time and labor intensive. I would have also needed some restructuring inside to compensate for

How I'll Use My Greenhouse

2010-02-05T16:23:00.001-06:00

I've been thinking about how I'm going to use my greenhouse lately. There's just enough complete on the greenhouse construction to tantalize my imagination and since people use greenhouse in so many ways that the options are virtually limitless. I don't grow orchids or many tropical plants which means the greenhouse won't be used for them. It's not ready to use yet so seed starting this year

Winter Around The Greenhouse Shed

2010-02-01T17:26:00.001-06:00

The recent snowstorm here in Tennessee has given us some very nice images. I showed some of the images from some ornamental grasses and other plants a couple days ago but here are a few from around my still incomplete greenhouse shed project. The trees behind the greenhouse are covered in ice making them appear made of crystal. Icicles on the side of the greenhouse. The greenhouse and