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Pitfield property makeover 1

Posted on 01/12/2015 by AlanM52

Big project for the next few weeks to help the older daughter prepare her property for sale. We have a job list so loaded the car last night and hopefully thought of everything I might need. First priority is to … Continue reading →

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ALDI – Outdoor HD Wireless IP Camera

Posted on 03/11/2015 by AlanM52

Off to ALDI tomorrow to get one of these for the chook run.

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Ponytail Palms – self watering pots

Posted on 03/11/2015 by AlanM52

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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Buying some more bantam Pekins

Posted on 30/10/2015 by AlanM52

Off this morning to Abundant Layers in Emerald to get three Pekins, 2 x buff and 1 x white. Spent the last couple of days building a box for them for the integration period and fencing off one end of … Continue reading →

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New Pekins 2015

Posted on 27/10/2015 by AlanM52

The chook box is done so that’s accommodation out of the way, now we can move onto putting up some framing with wire mesh so they have their own area.

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USB Tower Fans

Posted on 26/10/2015 by AlanM52

Woolworths – Hub It Accessory USB 2.0 Tower Fan – $5.00.Bought one to try and surprised how well it works so went back and got some more of them to hand out to family and friends.

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ALDI – Workzone pressure cleaner

Posted on 23/10/2015 by AlanM52

Keen to try out the new toy this morning so setup to clean the driveway. Happy with the results and can report job completed in about 1/3 the time it took with the smaller GMC 1400W.

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Ficus plants – potting them

Posted on 22/10/2015 by AlanM52

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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ALDI – Workzone 2400W High Pressure Cleaner

Posted on 22/10/2015 by AlanM52

Brandon Park still had a stacked pallet from Week 37 so decided to finally get one to replace the ageing GMC. No mark down displayed but came up for $89 at the checkout – happy with that. Maximum pressure: 18.0Mpa … Continue reading →

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Pebbles – sick of them

Posted on 20/10/2015 by AlanM52

We are done with the front porch area – pebbles be gone!  

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