New soil!

Today I got my extra soil delivered, all 15m3 of it! I also organised for a friend to come around with his bob cat to spread it out - took him about 90 mins which included putting the fence back on.

Two trailer loads


Very skilled, that trailer is still attached!


15m3 of soil


It's a tight fit


Lets go up


Half done in the backyard


First soil in the front


All done


Rear of the house


From the back fence looking forward I still need to level out some bits near the fence line


LHS of the driveway


Front yard done





My tomatoes

Fence is finished!

My fence is now finished and it looks great!! I'm mostly excited because now I can get my outdoor setting and bbq out of my garage and start using them!

Gate from inside



From outside

Fence is 95% done!

Yes, my fence is now 95% complete!!! All that's left to do is the gates and about 1.5 panels to the blind side where it joins my neighbours garage!! I'm surprised how tall the fence is, it certainly provides privacy although I will be building the soil up a bit but still, being a short arse people wont be able to see me.

From the front of the garage where the gates will go


My backyard from the back of the garage


Rear of my block where the vegie garden will be


Looking back to the garage/front of the house


Blind side looking to the rear of the block - the missing 1.5 panels are to my right in this photo

The fence has begun

My fencers started today and have put all the posts in the ground and will come back later this week to put the panels in

It's going to take a while to get used to the reduced space from it having been an open paddock for so long but I sure am going to enjoy having my BBQ and table n chairs outside!

My backyard from the front of the garage


Blind side from the front yard


The main part of my backyard


The back of the house where the vegie garden beds will be


Blind side


The vegie garden area from the other side


Looking back to the garage from the back corner

Rotary Hoe Part 1

oooowwwww my hands!!!

Today I hired a Rotary Hoe to dig up all my existing soil. 2hrs it took to do it all and for 2hrs my left hand has had to hold the go handle on and OOOOWWWWW!!!! I think its stuck in a grippy handle position

But I'm done! They are pretty cool machines with the reverse feature and all but bloody hard to turn corners!

I had to get someone to help me get it off the trailer too, cos my dad's trailer has high sides I couldn't get the leverage to start it on the trailer to reverse it down the ramps and then we dropped it and it wouldn't start but then I fixed it and got it going

I was knackered! I was covered in sweat and my head sweats a lot so my head was drenched! Got it all done in the one go though w/out stopping and glad I did it! When I finished I really felt like I needed a nice cold beer but my hands were too sore to grip it and open it and it was only 10:30am ;)

One advantage of having no fences and a close boundary, throw all the big bits of broken brick and rocks to other property hehehe

I got woken up by this at 6:50 am :(


Before: Front yard


Before: Side of garage


Before: Backyard


After: Front yard


After: Side of Garage to back yard


After: Backyard


After: rear of house


Tomatoes


Two tiny tomatoes!!

Bricks are moved!

Thanks to some very awesome people, yesterday we got all my bricks moved!

The suggestion was made to put them on pellets so we grabbed some from over the road and got to work. I am so thankful for the help, it didn't end up taking us too long to do as there were 5 of us and two wheel barrows which helped to get it done a lot quicker and easier

The pile of bricks to be moved


The bricks have been relocated to the concrete


The Bricks


A lovely clear backyard ready for fencing and soil to be brought in


Mars Bar cheesecake that I made - mmmm yummy!!


New window coverings, it's just material that I have thumbtacked into the window frame but it blocks the light so my bedroom isn't full of daylight at 6:30am anymore!


I can also now see out the front windows!!

Drinks Fridge

I finally decided to buy a second fridge, a drinks fridge to go into the garage. It's second hand and I got it off ebay but it's only a few months old

Shiny


Freezer


Stocked and ready!

Water Damage?

I thought I survived the storm that hit my area yesterday but now I'm not so sure...

These are my upper kitchen cupboards and you can see the slight discolouration of the paint and that the paint is peeling off the wall - it's not a crack like the other area's although there is also a crack
Is this something to really panic about, should I be emptying the top cupboards?

I can't see anything else anywhere that joins the wall