This is what I accomplished last year well some of it at any rate. I have five of these raised beds all the same size which means when it comes time for chickens the base of the tractor will fit on all of my beds. I do want to make some changes to the wire lattice, but that is it with this design.
I now have a 500.00 budget for this year's garden, I am so excited. I will put in all the rest of the raised beds three more raised wooden beds, and two more corn blocks and one of the raised ovals in the front yard. My major expense was the soil.....200.00 worth of soil, 60 or 70 for sand and stone to fix the path along the garage or maybe soil mixed with my recycled stone and herbs lots of herbs in between the stones. I think I will ask Darrell to take me on a picnic down to some river where I can swipe a whole bunch of natural stone to mix in with my recycled stuff for both the bake oven area, the pond, the path and the raised beds in the front yard. Then the cost of mortar and a few pit bricks... there goes my budget but what a garden I will have.

Charlie loves this spot by Jay's tree, with Buddha and this past fall I planted a swack of tulips and a few ferns in there as well. I have alpine strawberries, violas, to plant in this corner all started in pots some of them outside and some in my mini greenhouse. Charlie the brat loves to climb the trees in this corner and with all his extra toes he just flies all over the branches sort of like he's part squirrel. He cheats too at least when he plays with other cats cause he uses his extra digits as thumbs and holds them down. LOL Benny just loves to sleep under the table under the stars all summer long. They love the catnip plants and I am planting an extra four hanging baskets of catnip for them and one more cage in the herb garden, with the honeysuckle, and valerian I should be able to make the two boys some pretty cool toys. I think the boys think they have pretty good humans.
I still have pemission to cut brush from the county ditches and i was thinking of a woven wood archway for that corner as well if I can this year but definitely next year. The lilac that is up in the front yard the poor thing needs to be moved to that corner with lots and lots of fresh soil and organic matter to settle it in to it's new home. There is already the comfrey with it's vibrant pink flowers along the foundation. I think it would be a lovely grouping right there at the gate and definitely a couple lavenders for luck, the silvers and light purples with the dark purple and white edge of the lilac with that lovely sun beam that comes through the houses and trees there and maybe eventually a clematis or some other vine up the woven trellis....be still my romantic heart.
The rain barrells are right there so I should figure out a way to camoflage them as well. I can put the rain barrels up the sidewalk slabs and railway ties and make it irigate the gardens better. With all the barrels that we now we can really put together a system. I also have split bamboo poles that might make interesting eavestroughing for the garage which would allow me to put a rain barrel by the compost heap as well. Maybe another woven archway with vines to camoflage the gutter so many ideas and now a budget. Life is really really grand isn't it.
I have a glut of garden stuff and I mean a glut there are pots, wall planters, fountains, birdbaths, patio furniture, and tools, lots and lots of tools. There are birdfeeders, whirligigs, and all sorts of stuff most will go in the garage sale but there are some really cool pieces that I need to work into the yard.