Here are a couple photos of what I like to call "The Wasteland". Up until about a week ago it was waist-high grass, muscari, violets and weeds. Pretty in the rainy season, but as soon as it warms up it's just an ugly scalded-looking mess, even when watered. (On the left is another coil of soaker hose left behind by the previous tenant. I love free usable stuff.)
It's the perfect spot for the hot crops: tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, beans, basil, corn, et al. And while I am trying to be a good steward here, there are a couple of poorly-placed trees that might have to be relocated. To the wood chipper. 
This here is another recycled favorite thing. The folding cot was left in a parking lot next to my office. I took it home and grew peas on it the first year. When I moved it became my bed for awhile. Now it's my potting shelf, with the addition of a few pieces of my old chicken coop. The pots and flats are recycled from previously purchased plants three years ago. And when I'm all done, I can fold it away or grow cukes on it.
One thing I'm noticing this year is that there's a whole lot of plastic in my garden. Sometime down the road I'll probably make it a goal to reduce that. But not this year.
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