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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 16/12/2008 : 16:20:09
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What a relief too as the weather has been the worst for doing that kind of work with the soil so wet the humidity has been so high, we have been plagued by mozzies and those horrible big horse flies have they got a bite any way its done now..
Yesterday Tony made so many barrow of mix up for the edges on both sides.
Good job he did on it too...
I waited till this afternoon when it was cooler and shady
Then I got a half barrow of sand and filled up all the spaces.
That took forever as there were plenty of them due to different size pavers.
It looks a bit wonky but it will do I put some soil against the edges.
Then I spread the mulch back hoping it would look like it used too.
This is the front where Crepuscule on the arch lives..
And while Tony was cleaning up all the left over soil for me..
Maggie came around to have a fee feed...
This is the Maggie I mentioned who has the bent foot.
If you look at the pic below you will see its bent the wrong way
Oh it is a bit slow but it manages to look after itself
And we help out when we see it..
This is the other end near the back steps..
I think the Queen Elizabeth Rose will like it there as she will get more water.
Tony is going to do the path on the other side of the house when its cooler he said..
And that sure makes sense to me....
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/12/2008 : 17:28:16
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MA & Tony, A job well done, it looks fine.
The bird with the bent foot, we get the same with bush turkey.
A wild life carer who called here one day to collect an injured bird says.
These claws are dead, no blood circulation,a lot of these birds survive ok.Pitta .
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Marleneann
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/12/2008 : 18:24:05
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Well done to you and Tony.
That is a llloooonnngggg path and a lot of work.
But isn't it great to see the finished project.
Marleneann on beautiful Buderim. |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 16/12/2008 : 18:43:55
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Great job Mary-Anne and Tony  You did pick the worst couple of weeks to do it in, the last two days have been more pleasant - typical, beautiful summer days with low humidity... just wish we could get some rain as quite a few plants are starting to wilt.
Deformities in magpies feet like that are often caused by the parents being fed too much bread instead of meat then feeding it to the babies.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2008 : 18:46:22
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Thanks Pitta that's the end of any big jobs for me the body has had it..
Yes this Maggie gets around on the knuckle or whatever it is.
We will look after it, if it has any problems..
Ah Marlene it is a long path twenty something metres
And Yes it is great to see it finished...
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2008 : 18:55:14
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Gail Thanks for that info... I would not be surprised I have told the neighbours across the road, not to feed any of the birds bread, but they still do especially the 30+ year old daughter she feeds it anything, she came over one day recently asking if I had seen her maggie I told her it spends a lot of time here now, she was quite releived at that.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 16/12/2008 : 18:56:59
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Congrats MA on a job well done!!!!!!!!! Come and visit here annnnnnny time!!!!!!!
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2008 : 19:03:15
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Thanks Pamela..I am Getting too old now for this type of work 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 17/12/2008 : 06:19:40
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Never too old Mary Anne. There will be a story about a lady that could be your grandmother coming out in a certain high profile gardening magazine in May - she does lots of gardening still and maybe not laying paths in teh last year or two but she will be 100 in a few months and is a very active gardener. Use it or lose it as they say. I congratulate you for doing this wonderful job.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 17/12/2008 : 07:16:31
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I love gardening and doing these type of jobs Pamela, if the body keeps on screaming there is a limit and I have reached mine lately with this paving though I am still weeding, pruning mostly up on a ladder these days and mowing.. I am very active in the garden but tend to take longer lunch breaks in this weather
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 17/12/2008 : 08:10:57
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That looks great MA, better get your red shoes nf and you can skip down the path and pretend your Dorothy
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 17/12/2008 : 11:33:33
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Thanks Cheryl.. Oh to be as young as Dorothy I wish.. 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
Edited by - Mary-Anne on 17/12/2008 11:34:51 |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 21/12/2008 : 09:00:44
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I finally got around to measuring that path yesterday as I was curious as to how long it was and how many pavers were used, Its length is 22.900 mts  just a tad over 75 ft and it looks a bit like the yellow brick road too..
Not being very good at Maths (but a wiz at adding up money with my brain) I have been here with the stupid calculator trying to work it out, so in the end Tony said I will go down and count the outside row and multiply it by five, no no I said I will work it out muttering to myself it could not be too hard.
Still had not worked it out when he came back up with a grin on his face ok I said how many it has to be around 500, you are close he said I will tell you..
No I will work it out myself, then looking at the calculator I realised my mistake here was me trying to divide the length of the brick cms into the length of the path metres  silly me..
The calculator's total was 497..
Tony's total was 495.. Nothing wrong with his brain either..
I wonder how much they charge for laying 500 pavers 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 21/12/2008 : 09:07:20
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wow mary-anne. you sure did a bang up job there!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 21/12/2008 : 09:15:04
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Thanks so much Tessa.. My last paving job too...
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 21/12/2008 : 12:09:49
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Sure is a long path MA, as I said previously , excellent job as well
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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