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Category Archives: gardening
Boring comes before fun. Sad but true.
Proof that my son can use an Allen key! I asked him to send a photo when he put the bed together. 🙂 Work at The Best House in Melbourne has ramped up a notch. The wicking garden beds are … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, pets, Quality of life, renovating, vegetables, wicking beds
Tagged gardening, renovating
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Skinflint Sunday: Free compost materials!! Why wouldn’t you?
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
Posted in gardening, School, vegetables, wicking beds
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Skinflint Sunday: Buy yourself hundreds of new friends.
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
Posted in gardening, Quality of life, Skinflint, vegetables, wicking beds
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What happened after the landscaper left?
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
Posted in Flowers, Fruit trees, gardening, Quality of life, vegetables, wicking beds
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Want to see what 40K buys nowadays?
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
Skinflint Sunday: on a Monday!
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
Posted in backyard beach, balance, books, family., gardening, holidays, knitting, pets, Skinflint, vegetables, wicking beds
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Skinflint Sunday: The bachelor pad.
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
Posted in Children., Flowers, Fruit trees, gardening, Skinflint, wicking beds
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From the other side…
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
Posted in Children., gardening, pets, Quality of life, renovating
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So here’s what happened.
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
Posted in balance, Fruit trees, gardening, Quality of life
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