Just a short day today as Luke (my brother) came over and so we decided to utilise his chainsaw and ladder. Well he was just kicking around doing nothing so why not.
After calling the madman and making sure it was ok to come. (we had called and said we weren't going to do any gardening on Friday as I was having a madman overload moment) He was quite happy to have us there - even said he would make tea and give us some cake - just a little something extra to look forward to!!! Turned out he had a friend there so didn't even come out the front door Yippeee. Except Brad had to listen to him ranting at the end about how violent All Saints was and he wasn't going to watch it any more. So there all you rotten tv stations!!!
So onto the ivy -
Our beautiful chimney is now completely cleared and looks beautiful. There are lots of bulbs coming through in the garden bed at the base of the chimney (I think they will be daffodils and Jonquils - but not really sure) so it will be very pretty in the spring. Can't believe so many of the Azaleas and Camellias have survived all the drought without an iota of care. Will give them all a good feed when we move in.
Luke also chopped up a large tree that had fallen over the steps and then he and Brad cut a path through another large tree at the bottom of the garden. We are going to keep this one semi intact as it is a bit mysterious and rainforresty down near the creek.
Def getting a leaf blower like Luke's - could blow the mad man away if I wanted to.
Made the week pile even bigger today - yahoo!!! But Brad won't let me burn it - I even promised to throw petrol on it so that it would burn quick. He is no fun at all!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Day 2
Today it was time to tackle the front driveway. After a small management meeting (Brad, Me and Bootz - Bootz has the deciding vote) we decided to leave the ivy on the driveway wall but trim the top. Later on my brother Luke will come and water spray the dirt off and hopefully we will not need to paint it ( wishful thinking - I know)
So let the shovelling begin, cutting, and weeding begin. Definitely going to buy a good leaf blower as I am not sweeping that drive all the time. Must be at least 1 kilometre long - well it feels that way when you have walked up and down it 500 million times. We now have the weed pile to end all weed piles out the back and have hardly even started.
Not a good day with the crazy dude today - he insisted on telling me that there was to much violence in the world, that we are living in a corrupt society, that he did not like to be to friendly as it made people to familiar (if he doesn't want to be to friendly I wish he would just F$%K Off. Because he insisted on telling me this every ten minutes as he followed me up and down the driveway. I was just about to explode at one stage. He leaves Brad alone and insists on telling me the same bloody thing over and over again. More medication needed I think.
But we did get the driveway done.
Also started clearing the ivy from the chimney. It is quite amazing to see it coming out from all the weeds. When we first looked at the house we knew there was a open fireplace but never really didn't think about where the chimney was - you could not even see it as it just looked like a big tree. It was not till I was looking at some of Aunt Beryls photos that I realised it was even there.
A big beautiful stone chimney that was completely covered by the ivy. And not just any ivy but stuff that would make Tarzan proud to swing on it (check out brad doing his Tarzan impression!!!)
Got half the stuff down but couldn't dislodge the top sections. We were using a rickety old ladder that appeared even older than the house!!
Did have one drama - I got bitten by a ring tail possum that had been dislodged from his lovely home. He was not happy and did not appreciate me holding onto his tail lol (by the way - yes it did hurt and did you know that even though they are cute they have very sharp teeth.)
Not sure where he went to as the last glimpse we had was of him scampering up the ladder and across the room. Probably living in the ceiling now with the rats and peeing everywhere whilst chuckling manically.
No gardening for a few days now as need to get over the mad dude....
pics below
So let the shovelling begin, cutting, and weeding begin. Definitely going to buy a good leaf blower as I am not sweeping that drive all the time. Must be at least 1 kilometre long - well it feels that way when you have walked up and down it 500 million times. We now have the weed pile to end all weed piles out the back and have hardly even started.
Not a good day with the crazy dude today - he insisted on telling me that there was to much violence in the world, that we are living in a corrupt society, that he did not like to be to friendly as it made people to familiar (if he doesn't want to be to friendly I wish he would just F$%K Off. Because he insisted on telling me this every ten minutes as he followed me up and down the driveway. I was just about to explode at one stage. He leaves Brad alone and insists on telling me the same bloody thing over and over again. More medication needed I think.
But we did get the driveway done.
Also started clearing the ivy from the chimney. It is quite amazing to see it coming out from all the weeds. When we first looked at the house we knew there was a open fireplace but never really didn't think about where the chimney was - you could not even see it as it just looked like a big tree. It was not till I was looking at some of Aunt Beryls photos that I realised it was even there.
A big beautiful stone chimney that was completely covered by the ivy. And not just any ivy but stuff that would make Tarzan proud to swing on it (check out brad doing his Tarzan impression!!!)
Got half the stuff down but couldn't dislodge the top sections. We were using a rickety old ladder that appeared even older than the house!!
Did have one drama - I got bitten by a ring tail possum that had been dislodged from his lovely home. He was not happy and did not appreciate me holding onto his tail lol (by the way - yes it did hurt and did you know that even though they are cute they have very sharp teeth.)
Not sure where he went to as the last glimpse we had was of him scampering up the ladder and across the room. Probably living in the ceiling now with the rats and peeing everywhere whilst chuckling manically.
No gardening for a few days now as need to get over the mad dude....
pics below
Day 1
Well we now have access to Nepean Highway - well the garden anyway. Our first day was spent removing the grass, etc from a long stone chair that was built beside the lawn area. Cutting back heaps of roses - I think a good chop with the whipper snipper is the only way to prune roses...
We also cleared the paved area in front of the sunroom and realised just how much the pavers had moved and realised we will need to get a little digger thing in to rebed them. Decided that wood rot is actually the new black and we are ahead of the trend for once.
We are very thrilled to be finally working in the garden but as I look around I wonder just how much weed killer I will really need (surely it will be ok for the creek ???)
The only downside today is that we became fully aware of how insane - schizophrenic - Mr David Kempson really is. What a complete nutcase. By the way you can only call him Mr Kempson as anything else is really way to familiar. Today he was dressed in a inside out jumper, with food all down the front - not to mention his beard was full of it as well.
His brother was there (who he hates - well today anyway) taking away some furniture (which David was very upset about) so at least that meant he was slightly distracted from what we were doing....
But overall a good day with some progress made.
see some pics below:
We also cleared the paved area in front of the sunroom and realised just how much the pavers had moved and realised we will need to get a little digger thing in to rebed them. Decided that wood rot is actually the new black and we are ahead of the trend for once.
We are very thrilled to be finally working in the garden but as I look around I wonder just how much weed killer I will really need (surely it will be ok for the creek ???)
The only downside today is that we became fully aware of how insane - schizophrenic - Mr David Kempson really is. What a complete nutcase. By the way you can only call him Mr Kempson as anything else is really way to familiar. Today he was dressed in a inside out jumper, with food all down the front - not to mention his beard was full of it as well.
His brother was there (who he hates - well today anyway) taking away some furniture (which David was very upset about) so at least that meant he was slightly distracted from what we were doing....
But overall a good day with some progress made.
see some pics below:
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