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Deck Furniture and Art

October 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments

This Japanese Deck furniture looks pretty cool. It goes from this:

To this:

I don’t think that it would work on my deck as we plan to put a couple of fans on the deck roof, and they might just chop off the top, but the deck furniture still looks pretty neat.
Source: Japanese Furniture - This Is [...]

Tags: Gardening

Will Your Next Roof be a “Green Roof”

April 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments

So what is a “Green Roof” to begin with?
Wikipedia defines a green roof as “a roof of a building which is partially or completely covered with plants. It may be a tended roof garden or a more self-maintaining ecology like a living wall or breathing wall. An earth structure often has such a roof, as [...]

Tags: Gardening · General

Townsville Stump Grinding

January 21st, 2007 · No Comments

We had to remove some more tree stumps from our yard so that we could move the fence into the proper boundary position. The previous owners had moved the fence into the neighbours hard and planted a stack of trees on the property line. Now our neighbours are putting in a new car port, so [...]

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Daytime Watering Finally Band

November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

As I have said before, I think that daytime watering should be banned almost all the time anyways. It is a complete waist of water to be watering in the heat of the day and the Townsville City Council had finally agreed.
There is now no watering allowed between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm in Townsville.
Although [...]

Tags: Gardening