The front exterior is a work in progress, as with the rest of the house. I will try & keep updating as we go until it is complete.
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| Front at Handover |
I am lucky that my Brother is a concreter & has helped us out so much with our crossover & driveway & has saved us a substantial amount of money.
Saturday 9th June 2013
The new crossover was poured
Monday 10th June 2013
The fences between the house and the side boundary fences were erected today with the help of some friends. We decided to go with "Gramline Coke' as the colour. This is Gramlines match to the colourbond colour monument. We choose this colour to match in with the roof tiles & the whirly bird. We decided to get a narrow gate of the garage side of the house & large double gate on the other side as there is quite some distance (approx. 6m) between the house & the side fence, that way if we ever need to get a trailer, car or caravan (im still dreaming) into the backyard we can with no hassle.
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Saturday 22nd June 2013
The driveway was done today
Sunday 28th July 2013
Today we started putting in the timber for the garden beds
Saturday 24th August 2013
Finally we had a chance to go to the nursery today, we don't know the first thing about gardening or plants and were very fortunate to speak to a lady at the nursery who was very knowledgeable and helpful and was able to assist us with making some decisions. We wanted some plants that will basically take care of themselves, the two types we decided on are:
Green Rocket - a beautiful dark green hedging plant with glossy, oval shaped leaves. The new growth is a lime green colour making a great contrast. Green Rocket’ loves full sun but will perform well in part shade. Likes well drained soil, is drought hardy, copes with frost and can live by the coast.
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Aristea ecklonii - an evergreen perennial with stiff, upright, grasslike leaves that grow 15-18 in (38.1-45.7 cm) tall in a tight clump. In spring or early summer, flowering stalks covered with dozens of small blue saucer shaped flowers stand above the leaves.
Aristea ecklonii - an evergreen perennial with stiff, upright, grasslike leaves that grow 15-18 in (38.1-45.7 cm) tall in a tight clump. In spring or early summer, flowering stalks covered with dozens of small blue saucer shaped flowers stand above the leaves.
We are using the green rocket to frame each side of the window, brickwork & the fence with the Aristea Ecklonii in front in front and black bark
Sunday 8th September
Today we worked on the path & the left side of the driveway. We had decided to use the same plants as we had in front of the house in the left garden bed. So we did a row of Green Rocket in front of the fence and then a couple of Aristea Ecklonii to fill in the garden bed. This time we used 40mm Tuscan stones
For the centre Garden bed we have used the plant:
Blaze - this is a very tough plant with extreme heat tolerance. It has beautiful deep purple foliage throughout most of the year (depending on climate), turning green in summer, Deep purple berries appear in spring or summer. It grows to 45cm high x 40-50cm wide.
We have also used "crazy pavers" which we found at Soil Worx in Hoppers Crossing and 40mm Tuscan Stones
Just the lawn to go now
