Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

Going back to this post, I received my cheque from the insurance company, so we took a trip to Bunnings and spent $1,200 on materials to build a timber privacy screen in place of the old greenhouse windows that were previously dividing off the back courtyard area from the main garden. 
We bought 8 steel posts, 46 lengths of thin [...]

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July 28th, 2010

It’s finished! The shed is finally off the ground and in its home on top of the slab.

Built in only two days, here is what it looked like after they left on the first day:

The outside looks a little bit like a temporary builder’s cabin and desperately needs softening up with a stack of plants, but [...]

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July 7th, 2010

Ugh. What a horrible experience this shed has been for us. The pieces of the shed are still sitting on the ground outside and every time I go out there I look at it and feel like crying. I’ve paid $9,500 for a shed that I’m not getting an ounce of benefit from – in fact, [...]

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May 28th, 2010

Well, a month later and I am still without a shed. Hopefully next Tuesday the installers will come and start putting it up. Apparently they’ve been really busy. Maybe by Friday a huge shed might be standing in our backyard waiting to be filled with stuff.
What’s been happening the last 4 weeks? Well, after we [...]

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May 9th, 2010

Ding dong! The witch is dead!

With a lot of help from our neighbour (he owns a very powerful chainsaw), we spent 3 big days over the Easter long weekend working on demolishing the shed and it’s now in pieces in a big pile waiting to be cut into firewood for burning in our heater this winter. [...]

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April 8th, 2010