Category Archives: gardening

Skinflint Sunday: Free compost materials!! Why wouldn’t you?

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

I’m pretty sure I showed you guys a picture of my sons assembling a tumbling compost bin a few weeks ago. I’ve never owned one of these before. In the old place, I just had a couple of those huge, … Continue reading →

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Skinflint Sunday: Buy yourself hundreds of new friends.

Posted on October 14, 2018 by

In my last gardening post I think I mentioned that I’m not overly impressed with the soil that the landscaper bought for the garden beds. My plants are yellowing and not growing well. I’m composting like a mad woman (more … Continue reading →

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What happened after the landscaper left?

Posted on October 6, 2018 by

Lots! I got Francis, my chippie brother-in-law, to continue the side deck around to the door that will one day be my study, but is now Ryan23’s room. I got him to put the step all the way around. One … Continue reading →

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Want to see what 40K buys nowadays?

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

When we moved here to The Best House in Melbourne, there were improvements I wanted to make. However, when I had 18 months of bridging finance to get through until the old house was sold, (running at 3K/month- yikes!), things … Continue reading →

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Skinflint Sunday: on a Monday!

Posted on September 24, 2018 by

Phew! I finally finished blogging about North Korea on the other blog, so now it’s time to get back to regular programming around here. I’ve missed writing about the day-to-day, and I’ve got so much to tell you! So, in the … Continue reading →

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Skinflint Sunday: The bachelor pad.

Posted on October 8, 2016 by

I thought I’d start off with this shot today. Seems appropriate. Deana gave me this wall hanging (for want of a better word) when I stayed at her place last year when I was in England. I went to visit … Continue reading →

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From the other side…

Posted on April 29, 2016 by

Jeffrey wasn’t quite sure what was going on, but he decided to help me anyway. It was 19 years since I moved into this house and I’d forgotten just how much STUFF we owned. And this is from a family … Continue reading →

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So here’s what happened.

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

Yes, I know this looks like Blogless Sandy bought the house, but I’m the one just to the right of her. The other photos taken by the real estate agent were all wrecked by the sun. So you know how … Continue reading →

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Now it’s in the lap of the Gods. (In other words, the real estate agents.)

Posted on November 12, 2015 by

Well it’s certainly been a hectic couple of weeks. The house is on the market, with a view to selling it in a couple of weeks if a developer likes the thought of two housing blocks side-by-side in the McKinnon … Continue reading →

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Skinflint Sunday: Another project finished.

Posted on September 27, 2015 by

On Friday the painter came back and finished the fence. I’m absolutely loving the look. The next step is to get the front garden landscaped. In December I had Karen from Edible Eden  come and design a suburban food forest for … Continue reading →

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