The Summer Look

With the fence up it was time to get at the lawn, ReBecca started it yesterday while I finished off the fence. Today I finished the lawn while she did an outstanding job cleaning up the flower beds and putting together several large flower pots for the deck. Not an easy job. The place looks great for the summer and hopefully we'll be there for good.

Hard to see the flowers, they are very young, I'll get
 better and closer pictures when the take hold and grow.

Sunflowers

I always thought sunflowers were yellow, until I saw these in our garden. I know this isn't reno stuff but it has to do with our property and as this is "The Searsville Project" and ReBecca's garden is part of our project.

A red sunflower, I never saw one before.

Same as the previous one, in a different light.

This one broke off from the heavy winds and rain we had last week. It looks like it can't decide, red or yellow. Too late now.

The Great Garden

Even though the garden was put in a little late it is starting to produce. Tonight we had a salad from ReBecca's garden. Fresh lettuce, onions, tomato's, cucumbers, radishes, fantastic.

The garden is coming along. The potato's are budding and should be producing spuds soon.

Fresh Veggies

ReBecca's garden may have been put in a little later than most, and that means we'll be getting fresh veggies a little later than everyone else. Her garden is looking fantastic, everything is coming along very well and I can't wait.

Tomato's at the top, with peppers, carrot, lettuce, cabbage, onion, beans, peas and radishes. I can't remember them all. In the lower part of the garden she has beans, squash, cucumbers, corn and sunflower's.

Check out the potato's, she wasn't sure if we were going to get a feed off it or not when she started. I think we'll get a couple off this garden.

A great looking garden beside a great house.

A Muddy Day

The second coat is on and drying, and I must say looking good. Can you see it? I think one more coat, a light one should finish off the mudding, then I can apply the primer to look for any flaws. Then and the vibrant green ReBecca got for the bathroom. Soon. Today ReBecca was working in the garden, a little wet still from all the rain but not bad.

It is amazing how a liitle mud can change the look, and for the better.

Soon, very soon.

The green paint will be very bright by the toilet with all the light the window will be letting in.

ReBecca preparing her garden, a very hot 29°C today, not much fun this afternoon, so we only were able to work until just after lunch.

So Do You Like The Colour

Just kidding, I only put on some primer to help me see some of the areas that require more attention. I sanded and added a third coat yesterday, sanded and primed today. This is a big step and I know there is more dry wall to go up but every little bit helps. ReBecca has been busy with the garden, tilling, planting tomato's and trying to clean it up some more, never sitting still too long.

It's coming together, slowly.

Once I get the conduits in place for the in floor heating, the tub can go in and then the taps and then the last bit of dry wall.

Like I said she is never sitting still for very long without something to do, always busy. The garden is just starting but it will be worth it.

Working The Land

The house may not be move in ready and this shouldn't stop us from using the land. ReBecca spent part of the morning tilling a couple of areas for a garden and a temporary flower bed. The soil looks great and after she gets some manure mixed in she'll get her garden underway. Today I just finished putting in the meranti board in two of the upstairs rooms and I cut out the pieces needed for two closets. Some of the mud was still wet to start sanding, so I'll do it later.

This is on the south side of the house, we were told a while ago and saw in a picture that this is were a previous owner had their garden and it was said to be one of the best in the area.

Temporary flower bed on the east side of the yard.

As promised from my last post here are the flower pots ReBecca did up yesterday. I know you can't see the flowers, it's still early, they're not ready yet.