BeforeThis is how the sunroom looked before we bought it. Over time it was overtaken by the vine you see through the lattice on the left and a rosebush (not featured), and it turned into a jungle. Unfortunately I don’t have a shot of the area in its most neglected state. The [...]
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Before and After
Posted in DIY on 13 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What a beaut!
Posted in DIY on 7 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Veggie garden with gravel
Today was day two of weekend number two worth of hardcore manual labour in a row, but damnit it was worth it.
Last weekend began with removing the grass from a 6 x 2 metre section of the yard through a region of thick tree roots, compacted soil, clay [...]
It’s all happening
Posted in DIY on 7 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
DIY madness continues in the Bogle house this weekend, where we are currently developing a new veggie garden.
Unlike previous incarnations this one has massive treated pine sleepers to raise the garden beds and keep the grass out, a nice gravel path and possibly stepping stones to make everything look nice and purdy, and importantly a [...]
Cobbing: The DIY Work Continues
Posted in DIY, Journals on 14 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
Stage two of the renovation on our new sun room began this week with the commencing of one of the more fun parts of the process: cobbing.
Cobbing is not so widely used these days, despite being a building technique in use for thousands of years. However its benefits are fairly substantial. Wikipedia explains:
“Cob [...]
Frayed Edges
Posted in DIY, Journals, Photography on 8 January 2007 | 2 Comments »
Frayed Edges
Despite not being a particularly handy man, I’ve been putting in a new fence at our place the last couple of days. I have to say it’s a particularly gratifying process to see something emerge out of nothing, however the process of lugging around concrete and digging [...]
