Things have been a little slower than usual at Speargrass as we have taken on family commitments outside of our property over the past few years and this is consuming some of our physical and most of our mental time. Our kids are growing up and leaving home, and we are at a stage where we can live off our garden without too much effort. We have also had far less visitors and helpers – which means less food needed to grow and less work happening. We have still managed to do a few extra projects on top of maintenance…
ground back and sealed floor down the bottom floor in the house
shade cloth tunnel over garden up top – gives us a longer season when the days get hotter, and the zucchini’s absolutely loved the filtered light this year!
rebuilding the tractor shed (termites have eaten through the timber from when we built it in 2005)
dug out a little more for the carport and put up a new passionfruit trellis in the garden alongside
2023.
got a machine in to repack the inner dam wall – still leaking though
2022.
roof for shipping container shed and new car port, with the biggest roof gutter you’ve ever seen
re-dug the dam (tried to stop it leaking – but it still does)
iron wood posts for the Eastern fence line
had to deal with loads of wild dogs and our diminishing numbers of goats
new fish pond and stone paving
another veg garden bed up top
2021.
moved shipping container to car port
fixed shed roof
made new garden space up top (where the old chook/duck shed was)
new tomato garden in front of goats in the biochar/compost pile – so many tomatoes!!!
Luke made a gorgeous 3m long iron wood table with wood he milled from a fallen tree
built the deck for the house 4m x 12m
2020.
bees – moved bees into top bar hive (and starting to make more)
fencing – made iron wood posts, created new drop down fences for wet season, re-fenced the goat shack
house – finished step down level of dining/lounge area
biochar – made crushing plant/rod mill (named Eric), and loads of biochar
compost – collected trailers of buffalo and cow poo from the flood plains and composted into great piles with biochar
car park – dug out rock to make space for a car port
stonework – edged gardens and roads
gardening – mulching, weeding, planting, composting, biochar
new garden beds for tomatoes
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