I have gotten some great feedback since I have announced the Garden 118 summer classes. Thank you to everyone that has liked us on Facebook and have started following our blog.
I would like to share today, our newest outdoor classroom (we have 3 total outdoor areas where learning takes place) . As you can see it is not quite finished and we still have landscaping to do, but it has come a long way. And it sits right between the compost/garden bed and the greenhouse/main garden.
The beginning of our project started back in January. We really have come a long way in such a short time.
Standing the walls was a fun day. My husband and I have built the entire building by ourselves. We both did a lot of research on how to make it more efficient and we used as much recycled materials as we could.
We also wanted to building to last a LONG time. so we used aluminum siding (recycled from material ordered wrong), a metal roof (left over pieces are being used for the chicken coop as well as all the scrap lumber), we created a rain screen, used radiant barrier, and sheeted it with drain wrap (not in that order).
Here it is with the radiant barrier and the bottom half of the siding up, a nice shiny, reflective building. The doors and windows were old pieces from a local high school and the fixed one in front is leftover storefront.
This has been a great project for my husband and I to complete together. Our kids are loving it as well, they have learned a bunch about helping and creating something as a family.
I can't wait to share it with all of you this summer!
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