Blog - Brennan Leigh’s Chaos Garden 🌱

🤷‍♂️The Jankiest Pea Cage in the Garden (But It Works)

A homemade pea cage built from wire fencing and zip ties stands over a raised garden bed, surrounded by other neatly mulched beds in a backyard garden.

This pea cage isn’t pretty—but it’s personal. Built with zip ties and hope, it’s my revenge against last year’s rabbit buffet. 🫛💪

A woman stands next to a blue greenhouse and open utility shed during spring cleanup, smiling while holding a wheelbarrow full of gardening supplies.

I faced the dirt, the dust, and the rogue seed trays—and lived to tell the tale. The greenhouse is clean(ish), and the plants (and I) are better for it. 🌿

A female gardener in overalls spreads wood chips in a rustic backyard garden, using a shovel and a black wagon. Raised beds and early spring plants surround her under golden hour light.

After two years of waiting, I finally got a wood chip delivery—and oh boy, did I underestimate how many I’d need. Let’s talk mulch, muscle, and the magic of building healthy soil one wagon at a time.

A female gardener in overalls stands next to a newly built chicken run made of T-posts, chicken wire, and pea gravel. The scene is set in a rustic backyard during golden hour.

I built my first chicken run solo—with post pounder, pea gravel, and plenty of “what am I doing” moments. Here’s what I learned, loved, and barely survived. 🛠️🐔

A yellow skid steer deeply stuck in muddy earth on a grassy, leaf-covered patch of land, surrounded by bare trees under a bright blue sky. The machine is tilted, half-submerged, appearing immobilized in soft ground.

What do you get when you mix a rented skid steer, way too much mud, and one determined gardener? A wild DIY day in the Chaos Garden—complete with a stuck machine, a full-blown panic moment, and a whole lotta grit. Spoiler: the garden got built, and I didn’t get buried alive. 💪

Early spring view of the Chaos Garden with raised beds, greenhouse, bare trees, fog over the field, and humorous skeleton decorations near a greenhouse.

The Chaos Garden in early spring—fog rolling in, beds half-prepped, skeletons standing guard, and not a rabbit in sight (yet).

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🤷‍♂️The Jankiest Pea Cage in the Garden (But It Works)

🍃 Before the Bloom Comes the Broom

🌳 How Many Wood Chips Does a Gardener Really Need? (Spoiler: A Lot.)

🐔 Built Like a Chicken (Run): My First Solo Project in Feathers & Fencing

🌱 Buried in Mud, Built a Garden My Wild Skid Steer Adventure

🥬 Cool Crops in the Chaos Garden: Planting Before It’s “Ready”