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Category Archives: Garden
Garden steps – part 3
Above: Continue on with the second step which turned out to be a half step as I couldn’t fit in two, a bit odd but not to worry.
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Garden steps–new project
For sometime now been contemplating putting in some steps between the lilly pillys near the gazebo. The ground simply transitions like a ramp down to the lower level and can be quite tricky to negotiate in winter – slippery when … Continue reading
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Ponytail Palms – self watering pots
One of our Ponytails is not doing well so while at the Caribbean market on Sunday purchased another one from Jayson @ The Greener The Better. Jayson suggested the problem might be too much water and to e-mail some pictures … Continue reading
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Ficus plants – potting them
This mornings effort was to setup for re-potting the Ficus fig plants. For each one used a paver for the pot base. The pots themselves are quite heavy – empty – so set them in place first then filled the … Continue reading
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Pebbles – sick of them
We are done with the front porch area – pebbles be gone!
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More of the same – pebbles
We have turned the corner, not far to go now.
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Garden stuff from the market
Plants and pots for the front of the carport piers. Two ‘standard’ Ficus and two large and heavy pots @ $20 bucks each – good buy.
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Cleaning pebbles
Cooler day to carry on with digging and raking pebbles – must keep going. Got held up with a bit of drain repair but now moving forward again.
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Shopping – more garden stuff
Just got back from some more shopping, mostly garden stuff from the Market and Bunnings but also dropped into Rivers at Knox. Above: ET spotted the two big pots at the market for $20 each, great buy and exactly what … Continue reading
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Pebble cleaning – update
Above: Got the first roll of edging pegged down and raked the CLEAN pebbles back in to make room for the next dig out. I can now also get rid of the clean soil in that strip behind the edging … Continue reading
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