What a difference a day makes

20 years ago

Here ya Go. Me bragging about our Backyard.

We did this in Three Months approx. Me , Raymondo, and Patrina.ENJOY

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ozmantis
20 years ago
Jeez;, that grass grows quick up there LOL
trancegemini_wa
20 years ago
geez, I want a backyard that big! oh the things I could do

well done by the way, love your hothouse down the back there too
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adamus
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20 years ago
We just cut two feet of it down .Bloody Jungle. It knows it's going to freeze really soon.
ozmantis
20 years ago
I was being a smart a$$. I didnt read your post properly and thought you were saying you did all that in a day :-)
Its all looking great.
The_Grub
20 years ago
Nice work. The scene is set. The grey tracky pants should be dry by now. I like the concrete path to the Hills Hoist. And what a nice big bale of hay or straw. What else besides tommys have you got growing?
Patrina_Pepperina
20 years ago
Ahhh, the pics are here! Those tommies are going great!! Looks like a mountain of hay/straw ready for mulching. I'm trying out sugar cane mulch this season.

There's gonna be a jungle in your yard soon. What's in the greenhouse?

PP
goldhills
20 years ago
How I would love to have a backyard that is flat and a regular shape, not cut out of a mountain (well, extra large hill anyway) and a weird shape.

You have done a great job, everything looks like it is growing well. I'm surprised you haven't taken the clothes line out to make more room for your tommies, etc. :) Going to put in any fruit trees?
Raymondo
20 years ago
The mountain of straw is a layered compost pile. It's already reduced in size by almost half. It has just cooled down enough to turn so that the outside becomes the inside. There's another one directly behind but next to the fence. That one was insulated so that it doesn't need turning. I ran out of straw when building the second one so couldn't insulate it.

PP, there are tommies, chillies, caps, peas, beans, lettuce, caulies, broccoli, spinach, silverbeet, onions, carrots, garlic, corn, potatoes, oca, Jerusalem artichokes, globe artichokes, youngberry, raspberry, strawberry, grape, peach, apple, mandarine, leeks, asparagus, rockmelon, watermelon, cucumber, zucchini, broad bean, beetroot and assorted herbs.

And just think, I get to do this all over again when I buy my own place! Yippeeeee, I think!
Patrina_Pepperina
20 years ago
Wow, awesome - what a feast awaits you guys!!!

PP, desperately jealous, going outside to see what the tomatoes are up to... *sigh*
Spatzbear
20 years ago
Great work, guys! Hope all goes well and you can eat the fruits of your labour! Adam, crank up the preserving unit, you'll need it. :)

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