I painted the back lattice.

Cheryl next-door put lattice panels atop the back fence between her place and mine, to prevent her large dogs from jumping over into y yard. I was pleased as I think it looks better and willstop all sorts of intruders. I have today started to paint it Dulux Domino. I think it looks great and makes the greenery and flowers pop.

Started painting the new lattice

New lattice section to create privacy around the carport. Terry TQP did it, and will come back to complete the back lattice in September. I have decided to paint the 'white' bits of the house all in ColourBond Surf Mist and the trims in Dulux Domino. I like how the surfmist matches the shed colour.

New loo installed!

I went through and washed the walls, filled in holes in wall and have painted over any marks. Now the loo is installed it looks goos. Cost $858. Terrible price. However, it is there orevernow. It's actually a bit too tall for me, so thinking about what to do to deal with that. Church kneeler to put my feet on?

Pruning the arch rose and stabilising the arch

I decided to stabilise it as it was on a very serious slanty angle. Had to trim the old rose plant and then dig the dirt out around the legs, in order to cement them into place, and make sure they were angled straight up. I started last week with one side, and finished sort-of today, lthough I need more cement to make a stronger tie-down on the fence side. Hopefully, it will last some time.

Aiming for a new toilet!

The previous owners of the house really did a botched job on repairing any moisture problems at the back of the toilet.

I cleaned up the mess of the sprayed foam stuff, which had been used to fill the gaps in the wall. The plaster had flaked off, and they just sprayed stuff and didn't bother smoothing it over. Anyway, I've tried to even it out and clean up the mess. At least it is dry now.

I went to Bunnings yesterday and took photos of the loos I liked, to sent to the plumber for his approval, P-Trap, size, height and installation possibility. Cameron at I'm Your Plumber seems to think the model I like will be ok. This one:

I hope they can install it next week! Another small step along the road to modernising this place. In the meantime, I am going to wash the walls of the loo, and freshen up with new decor. Something more modern.

Lopping the mulberry tree - June 2023

Bernie and Jeanette kindly came over to help me trim the height of the mulberry tree. The plan is to have it growing towards my garden, and remove branches heading elsehere over the fence. Also, to make the height of future growth reasonable so I can get as many berries as possible, when in season again.

It was kind of them to help me out. Bernie and Jeanate also came over with their chipper (STIHL GHE 150 - about $800 new) and we chipped up the cut branches, and ended up with a lovely pile of chips. Jeanette suggested the bits be allowed to cure in the sun for a few days so that they doon't exude bad chemical plant stuff which may affect the growth of plants that I put them around. I put them in a few large pots but really need to spread them out in the sun. I just didn't want to use up their tarp longer than I needed to. The tree looks better, but still needs some trimming to make it a more accessible height.