Hi… Got the wood stacked… with my resident snoopervisor, Flea.
Her foot is getting better and better but she is still separate from the flock and in her B&B inside here at night.
She is clearly doing a lot better judging by her adventurous spirit returning
We do supervised visits with the flock. She gets pecked a little bit but she is usually happy wandering off to do her own thing like usual.
(Yes, I did get her down to save any unnecessary impact on her foot)
So… the front yard! Willfully neglected, grass/weeds running rampant.
First up, dug out the concrete edging from its grass prison
Flea was delighted! So many worms and grubs up for grabs here
We started digging out the path itself the day before yesterday… but the rain started pelting down… so we stopped at this point
I managed to use a fair bit of the soil and grassy bits to top up under the bottom gate thats been annoying me forever.
The sloping land left an uneven gap under the fence which we’ve tried to block with wire and planks of wood… not a great look and pretty inconvenient.
Really… I just want to walk through a gate, open, shut and thats it… not a 5 minute removal-reconstruction job.
And if you don’t – its a sure bet a chook will squeeze under and call the others!
So I just started building up the area with the unwanted soil/grass.
I have faith it will grow in ok.
Next day, less rain, more digging.
Luckily we’ve got that whacking great hole down the back – so all unwanted material could just be put down there.
Jeff decided he wanted the path up through this area cleared as well.. so he cut a gap in the concrete edging and we sorted that too
Ready. (note to self… find plants for this garden that the rabbits don’t like)
Now for the lifesize, freestyle jigsaw puzzling with Margies shed cardboard!
Done…
Then down to the macrocarpa woodchip pile to start putting the finishing touches on the path
It was getting a bit later in the afternoon and we were a bit over it (ie backs were aching a wee bit haha) but we had to finish since we had gotten this far!
Quite the improvement!
Its pretty fine material so we will see how it goes… once it settles we might get a couple of trailer loads of coarse woodchip to top it off. Less stuff being tracked up onto the deck and inside.
(Or just buy a heap more doormats)
Hope your week is going fabulously!
Cheers
That looks absolutely amazing. Quite a job and I am impressed. What is your ‘go-to’ tool for weeding? We have bad weeds down here in Texas that make it most difficult to just ‘pull’ them out. I’ve tried lots of things but maybe you know the trick!
Thanks Tracy! It was a satisfying job to tick off the (long) list!
Actually here we just used the shovels lol. But to get out the tap root weeds we get, I love using an old file – We took the wooden handle off where it tapers to a point. Its really strong and because its pointy, you can shove it deep in the ground and dislodge the problem weed. If I come across the photo I’ll post it (or if that fails… take a new photo haha)
Big job! Looks so nice now. You must feel very satisfied.
xxoo
Hi Judy! Yes! It was a great job to get done. Its been rained on today – but its nice to look out the kitchen window and see the path and not weeds!
That was a big job but the end result looks great! Glad Flea is on the mend.❤
Thank-you Pam! And yes, we are pleased that Flea has been getting better with her poor foot!
Wow! I’m super impressed!
Thanks so much! 🙂
Now that was a big job and looks fantastic. Someone above asked about your weeding tool. I would like to know that also. The weeds here get pretty bad at times and just pulling doesn’t do it at times. So glad Flea is on the mend. I’ve never had chickens but probably would if they allowed them in my town, which they don’t.
Thanks Beverly!
I’ve answered about the weeding below 🙂
Shame you can’t have a chook or two in town. Such great creatures!! We are so pleased that Flea has been going along well. She even lays an egg every couple of days!
Wow… the new path looks awesome. My back hurts thinking of all the effort it took, but it’s worth it!
My parents had a tool for weed removal with long roots. It was thick metal and had a deep V cut into the end of it that got down below the end of long roots. It had a wooden handle. It was very old, but strong and effective.
Thanks Pj! We are enjoying looking at it and walking on it!
I think I have a modern day version of the weed tool you’ve mentioned. I don’t use it so much but it seems pretty good from memory. I really like the old tools I’ve managed to get. So strong!!
Here is a quick search for plants which rabbits do not like to eat. You maybe able to create a boarder to help stop the rabbits. You maybe able to search for seeds now so you br able to plant in the spring…
https://florgeous.com/rabbit-resistant-plants/
https://www.rabbitcaretips.com/shrubs-flowers-plants-rabbits-wont-eat/
https://www.thespruce.com/flowers-rabbits-wont-eat-1316115
Thanks! I’ll check these out!