I absolutely LOVE cacti and succulents, they remind me so much of Palm Springs, and as we were concentrating on a "Palm Springs" look for our backyard makeover it seemed fitting to include a garden bed filled with a variety of succulents and cacti.
We didn't want to loose the space we had by building garden beds so we decided to turn the seating area around the outside of the pool into garden beds and add another bed to the side of the spa to even it up.
Before.
9th August 2020, Scott started by constructing a raised garden bed by the side of the spa using timber he had lying around, we filled it with things that was going to the tip, old bricks, blocks etc, then added some well draining course gritty stuff then put cacti and succulent potting mix on top before replanting the cacti and succulents.
I started planting on the weekend of Saturday 29th which was a beautiful calm day, but then by Sunday afternoon it started to get was really blustery, so Scott made a makeshift wind protector for the plants I had already planted as I was worried they might get damaged by the severe winds.
We decided that we needed more garden beds so 1st September 2020 Scott removed the rest of the seating area and constructed more beds.
It took a while for the earth to settle into place, in hindsight I should have let it settle before planting because it sank quite a bit so some of the plants are no longer at the level I had planted them.
Once the soil had finally settled we finished it off with more pot topper.
They certainly seem to be thriving!
These updated photos were taken on Sunday 7th February 2021, just look how much they have grown!!
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