Garden Project Goals for 2025

Every year I like to create a list of garden projects that I plan to tackle for the year. It’s a list of goals that I would love to accomplish but often due to time I find I planned for more than I can do. My goal list helps me to organize and prioritize what I need to get done or what I am actually capable of accomplishing due to time.

Garden Fence

A garden fence on our property is going to be the first essential garden project this year. We have a number of creatures that would happily enjoy the bounty of our garden, most notably the deer. To protect a garden from deer is going to require a tall fence that they aren’t motivated to jump. Deer fences often need to be around 10ft tall. You can create a buffer zone outside the fence to make it harder for them to jump. At least a buffer zone can help to dissuade them enough to move toward easier fodder. Deer resistant plants can go into the buffer zone as a border garden. The garden fence from the Pinterest post could be a good way to go.

Another thought would be to take the top of the fence and make an arbor form to make the jump angle more difficult. I’m exploring fencing ideas and hopefully will be able to begin that soon. The deer were a problem this year since I didn’t have a fence that would stop them.

Build a New Garden Shed

At our last house I built a 12×16 shed with the help of my dad who later passed away in 2011. It was a pole barn style structure and I used old bricks for the flooring. My thought was to use the shed as a partial greenhouse for plants and to store lawn equipment as well. As it turned out that wasn’t the best setup. I accumulated several different pieces of yard equipment that filled up the shed leaving little to no space for raising plants. I later purchased a small greenhouse which I’ll mention in a minute to help raise the plants for the vegetable garden or for propagation.

I’ll aim for the same size greenhouse I had before and a similar design with a few changes. I would like to keep the look and feel of a cottage garden shed and maybe enhance that a little. The new shed will likely be built on piers and have a wooden floor. The last shed was built so that water could drain out easily for any plants I may have in there. The new shed won’t need that since I most likely will not have any plants inside. I’ll build this shed 12×16 also I won’t need a building permit. Here in our county if you build a structure under 200 sqft you don’t need a permit.

I have a few windows saved for the garden shed project already but I don’t plan on using as many as I did on the last shed. For that shed I collect two large picture windows, several glass patio doors, a few storm doors, and a couple wooden windows. I used two storm windows for skylights which were consistent leak issues. I don’t plan on making that mistake again.

A New Greenhouse

My last greenhouse was a 6×8 Harbor Freight greenhouse. For the price that greenhouse did very well. It was around $200 to $250 and was in decent shape when we sold the house in August 2024. 11 years and still going! The polycarbonate exterior had faded and needed cleaned or replaced but was still serviceable. My only complaint is that 6×8 is just not large enough for what I would like to do. I’m debating two different dimensions for the new greenhouse: 12×16 or 10×20.

The 10×20 greenhouse will allow for a slightly larger area to grow plants inside but the interior of the 12×16 may be more functional as it should allow for better movement inside. I still have some time to decide as this project would be a lower priority than either the garden fence or the shed.

Faucet area Concrete/Patio/Pavers

Near the house there is a small nook where the hose bib is. Right now below the faucet is just soil that I covered with landscape fabric to keep the weeds down. I would like to add either a concrete or paver area. Both options would allow a better spot for getting water from the spigot and make a cleaner area overall for hoses. This is a smaller project that can be squeezed in pretty much anytime I can get to it.

Water Spigot Area

When we built out house we had a water line put in on the garden side of the driveway. I wanted something closer to the garden so we would be able to easily reach the garden. I’m thinking of using some brick we have that is left over from the house build and use for a solid surface area around the spigot. It will function like a patio/sidewalk around the spigot and keep the weeds down. I will probably ring the area with some rocks and create some landscaping spots nearby to dress it up a little.

Raised Beds

My vegetable garden layout plan will calls for a bunch of raised beds. They will mostly be oriented South East to North West to hopefully maximize the summer sun in that area. I have a pair of metal raised beds but I may opt to build the first several raised bed from lumber I have lying around. Raised beds are very easy projects and can be put together as needed. I figure with all the other projects I have going on I need to save money where I can. Wooden raised beds are one of the cheaper ways to go but don’t last very long.

The other idea is to build a few raised beds out of rock or cement blocks I have lying around. Whatever we do we’ll do it as cheaply as possible.

Being on a new property there is absolutely no shortage of things I could add to this list. I’ll count myself lucky if I can get the fence and shed built! Stop back by from time to time to check on my progress or visit the YouTube Channel.

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