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Native riverbed run
Few months back decided I needed to add some drainage around the wife's studio as it was a muddy area (That sat) after rain and turned abit of the lawn into a sludge area not appealing at all, made mowing fun lol What should have been an easy dig around the studio, put in drainage and be done with it turned into something…
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Chicken coop with Bunnings theme
This creative chicken coop was made using leftover materials and includes a place for chooks to perch by the window. The project I built this chicken coop with leftover recycled materials that were around the place. We have since moved and have four paddocks – three with about 100 chooks. How to build a chicken coop Build…
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Native riverbed run
A muddy lawn area converted into a dry riverbed run made from hardwood mulch and stones, with a small pond and native plants. The project A few months back I decided I needed to add some drainage around the wife's studio as it was a muddy area after rain and turned a bit of the lawn into a sludge area. Not appealing at…
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Hugelkultur raised garden beds
Filling large raised garden beds can be a waste of money and good soil. This method uses woody debris to fill most of the garden bed while also nourishing the soil. The project I made two raised garden beds based on the Hugelkultur principle of using woody debris as a garden resource. Three quarters of the beds are filled…
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Backyard shed studio build
A large backyard studio for a home office, built with ply walls and an epoxy resin floor. The project Building a 6 x 9m studio for my fiancé's work. We will be doing an epoxy resin floor, ply walls and roof and insulation. September 2018 The electrical work is nearly done and all power lines are laid. The air conditioner…
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Holman BTX1 watering controller review
Bought this great little controller for our vegie patch, programs are awesome and it works a treat.
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Outdoor cat palace - The Taj Mahal House hahahahah
Well the time has come to build a nice outdoor cat run house thingy lol, we have 2 Beautiful Ragdolls and our little Black Smoke Maine Coon should be born in another month so time to get into the run, dug it out the other day, and got into spreading it and the start of boxing it out, mesh coming in Monday or Tuesday and…
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Raised garden bed
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Raised garden beds
Been very dry this year, but the Vegie patch is doing well. I chose the Microshade Sleepers from Bunnings, look great and perfect for Garden\Kids play area's etc 🙂 Termite resistant also Made 2 straight up to get things going, based on a Hugelkulture principle, will be making 2 more shortly, Vegies are going well. It…
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New studio shed project
6x9 Studio is on the way, electrical work nearly done all power lines laid, Air Con lines in, will start to box it out soon, amd then sheet it, going with ply as there will be alot of pegboard and shelves etc in there when we finish, getting excited
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Chicken coophouse
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Bricks
There seems to be 4 Pallets (2000) Bricks sitting in the front yard, I wonder what these could be for lol
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Fruit trees (Holman Bluetooth Water valve Controller)
Well had 4 more large Sugar Cane bales dropped off this morning, I will get ready to spread those guy's today. Redoing the irrigation system in the next few days, will re route the piping from our 30k tank on the garage and run the tubing down the fence line to hide all the pipes, then dig them off the fence to bury them…
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Paddock fence project
Starting another project lol so many on the go, but all in the fun we are doing 3 small paddocks in the back area of the property. Copper log uprights and diamond dog mesh fencing to come, 3 gates to get into each paddock 🙂
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Collection of Fruit trees
Very happy with our little growing collection of fruit tree's, very dry and hot here currently, mulching is our friend, we are currently getting ready to put in a home made irrigation system, watch this space 😉
