Let's get dirty!

My lovely Celeste came and helped mummy at the block today, we dug soil and mulch into pots and dragged them over to the new garden bed to start filling it.  As you can see she's a great helper!  I decided it was way too much like hard work carrying the pots though and piked after two loads, think i'll get husband to load the wheelbarrow into the car for tomorrow, much easier!

We did do a bit before we piked though, going to plant a heap of orchids under this tree.

I have a bit of a penchant for orchids, this is the block side of the tree where I've attached some lovely ones, about half of them are ones local to this area so they should grow well, plus some elkhorn ferns and a couple of test cases, will just have to see how they go :)  Should look pretty spiffy once they settle in and start growing and spreading properly around the tree!

Finally we created compost corner, put some wire on the ground to deter the supermice and then pegged the round one down so they can't squeeze under.  Put a small layer of leaf mulch in the bottom as a starter and I have a bin full of food scraps and grass clippings to take down tomorrow.

I'm loving this round compost bin so far, went to a talk run by the council on home composting, learnt heaps and came away with a free compost bin and scrap bucket too!  Thanks council, you're awesome (now hurry up and connect my water)

I'd finally like to send my thanks to my daughter, as a true lady she helped out tirelessly, didn't break a nail and kept herself squeaky clean :)

Start building an ark!

Well the utility company may not have turned up to bring life to the land but in an effort to make me feel better the skies have opened instead!  Unfortunately the torrential rain has resulted in no effort being made on the block.

We have had to put the battle with the radioactive supermice on hold temporarily to change our plan of attack.  Our lovely neighbour is going to rip the soil on the block to destroy the nests in the soil for starters :)

Spending the day in bed

Oh I wish it was as good as it sounds...

It was a hard days night at the block today, stakes were hammered into the ground and palings attached to make a little garden bed across the front.

Now I await the great and powerful Oz (Shoalwater) to bring life to the land and then the adjoining bit of edging can be done.

That's it people, slow weekend at the block as I've been busy with other things.  But rest assured that having spent the weekend practising there's a good chance I can cut you out of your collapsed house! :)

In the beginning...

The husband and I just bought our little piece of paradise. It's an empty half acre of mouse infested grass right on the highway!   I know you're all jealous already but just wait until I get my hands on it.


So what's already happened?  Well before I decided to write down the specifics of my conquest over the mice and the weeds I'd already got started.

So here it is when we first bought it

It's a deep block, 83 metres deep infact, the highways behind me and it's ours down to that red container that belongs to our neighbour.  The mice have burrows in the grass, pretty sure they belong to a race of radioactive super mice because those buggers are HUGE!


First we added an old freebie caravan, if you like mould and 80s brown and yellow then you'll love her!

Yesterday I dug out three trees from the very front of the property, a coral tree (if you like noxious weeds then this ones a real gem) and two old suckered fruit trees.  My poor mattock will never be the same after the husband finished off the third one for me.

Lastly today I baited the supermice, I used regular Tomcat bait, if that doesn't work napalm might be the next option...