Projects

The resident snoopervisor – I started working in the carport and he was out on the back veranda – He didn’t like that at all. Got in touch with his Inner Siamese and set up quite the howl!
So I brought him over so he could see what we were up to 🙂

So what were we up to??
Sharon’s husband Paul offered to come over and help us install a clothes hoist similar to the one they have.
As you know we don’t have a dryer – line drying or heater drying is much more common in Australia than the US – actually its more unusual to find people here that use a dryer over a line.

So far so good…

We’ve put together the bones of it. Paul will instruct where the next holes are best to go and will help with the pulleys – We’ve got a really high ceiling in the lounge room and the idea is to be able to load up the rack, then hoist it out of the way. We have the fire going nightly so might as well make use of it.
Well… we do already but this, if it works, will make it a bit easier and a bit more out of the way!

There are 5 rungs – about 2 and half metres long.
Excited to get it happening!

Then there was Ruby’s sink project… I had something else worked out but in the end we went for mega simple
We cut the pallets down to the right height and simply rested the lip on the pallet edge

Jeff screwed the back panel in and one at the front.
We didn’t end up needing side panels – this finished up being really sturdy

I will put a bucket underneath to catch and reuse the water after washing veggies.
Next step is to get a tap and attach with some polypipe etc so I can just hook it up to the hose and use it easily.
Not to mention probably paint it some obnoxious colour/s!!
But I’ll wait until summer for the painting part.

I am sure the front bit will also be handy for me to hang things on or place things on the shelf bit… who knows!!

The horrible weather didn’t really materialise… so time to put off all the excuses and get into another patch.

As usual the twitch slowed me down and I wanted to quit and head back to the fire long before I got to this point. Had to tell myself not to be so pathetic and get on with it haha
Lovely big fat worms everywhere!

Finally done and topped with straw so it can sit and be happy until needed in spring. Reckon this will be the new corn patch, while the one above can be for potatoes.

Speaking of potatoes…

They are just rocking along in the hothouse!!

Had to get another box of spuds out of the shed for the pantry…
Potato salad…. (they are starting to grow!! But I just knocked off the sprouts. Still taste good!)

Found a few more capsicum for our salads…

These are called ‘Mad Hatter’ Bit small and fiddly – not fleshy like other capsicum but sweet and the bush produced well once it actually started!

We’ve been pretty much without an internet connection the past couple of days – more agonising time wasted on hold and people asking me to turn things on and off and unplug and replug stuff to no avail. 4 hours of my life I won’t get back only to be told ‘we’ll monitor it for 24 hours’
Sigh.
Amazingly it all came back today. I’ll reserve the celebrations until end of weekend haha.

Today I went back up to Sharons with Margie for a foot treatment, lunch and a catch up. Always so refreshing and relaxing!
I took her a basket of veggies and some of the precious garlic salt!! 🙂

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Cheers!