Sunday, July 1, 2012

Plumbing and pipes and dirt, oh my!












Jay slaved away digging the trenches, in the mud, in the clay, in the rain - with some blood, sweat and probably blisters - and created the best pipe trenches our plumber Ben had ever seen! This was no small feat as he encountered broken tiles throughout, random pipes that stopped and started and weren't part of the working system. Such good preparation meant Ben could hook into replacing the old pipes with the new, including the extension to the new rubble pit, and have it all done and dusted in a few hours. Of course, there's still hours more work for Drew and Jay, with many wheelbarrows of gravel and dirt in their future.

Vege Patch v2.0

Well, this is it... the beginning of our second vege patch, the winter crop. We've got:

VEGES: red onion, white onion, asparagus, spinach, cos lettuce, beetroot, leek, silverbeet, tomatoes (cherry, roma, egg), broccoli

HERBS & COMPANIONS: marigolds, aloe vera, oregano, nasturtium, sage, pyrethrum, lavender, sunflowers, basil, thyme, chili, catnip, mint, parsley, coriander, dill