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Category Archives: Projects
Pebbles – sick of them
We are done with the front porch area – pebbles be gone!
Posted in Cleaning Pebbles, Garden, Home
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More of the same – pebbles
We have turned the corner, not far to go now.
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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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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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Pebbles – digging and cleaning
Weather wise a better day today so back outside to continue digging out and cleaning pebbles, this time along the front porch – a long run.
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New clothes line
Time to replace ET’s ‘custom designed’ clothes line, this time around did a much neater job.
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Chooks – Heating the coop
Way back in May 2011 when we got some new little Pekins I provided them with some heating in their temporary dog house quarters. This winter the weather is so cold I decided to heat the coop in a similar … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Chook Coop Heater, Pets, Projects
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Nar Nar Goon cat run – 6
Finally completed the job, we need to give it a cat test run Loz inside and Nat outside trying to coax Toro out onto the ramp – with treats.
Winnebago – counter top rail
After a night of thunder and lighting plus a domestic disturbance across the (what was used to be a quiet) road that required police attendance it’s turned out to be a nice morning so it’s off to the workshop to … Continue reading
Posted in Disc Sander, Mitre Saw, Projects, Router, Table Saw, Workshop
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Nar Nar Goon cat run – 5
Another afternoon working on the cat run and still not finished – never mind. Travelling time chews up on-site job time, the round trip is about 80 mins. Above: Still have to mesh the front at the end there. Above: … Continue reading