wide eyed and legless
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Two More rats have taken the bait, I may have to keep putting it down I have noticed that the blocks of bait has been completely consumed, I wonder how many more are dead which I will never find.
To expensive, depending on how big Haciluku wants his beds I would be going for the 25 mm treated pine or as Airgead suggests something that doesn't contain the arsenic personally I use the cover sheets for roofing or fencing iron free and no worries about contaminants, although most vegetables make toxins to prevent us mammals eating them, I doubt whether they realise we do cook them.
Ask around for some cover sheets, if you see some metal fencing or roofing going on, cost nothing make up some metal or wooden posts a few tech screws and your in business. Mind you you will need a grinder or a nibbler.I would like the bed to be 1.2m x 0.6m x 0.4m high. Four beds total for crop rotation. Most like to be timber like Airgead suggested. Prefer the prefab metal box but it is expensive for the similar size.
Ask around for some cover sheets, if you see some metal fencing or roofing going on, cost nothing make up some metal or wooden posts a few tech screws and your in business. Mind you you will need a grinder or a nibbler.
We looked at building a new house, but life changed and it didnt end up happening, i digress... anyway when we were going through the processes every builder we talked to said that while its a cheaper way to do it and it also meets minimum regulations most engineers wont certify it as suitable as it will eventually fail causing cracks in the foundation and walls due to movement.Had a good week last week for scoring some gear for free, several sheets of colorbond and 1.5 sheets of reinforcing mesh from across the road where they are building a new house, didn't know this but I was asking about the use of polystyrene under the cement, (just getting friendly so I could score the mesh) insurance companies will only insure a house built over the polystyrene for 7 years. I didn't know that.
Polystyrene would depend how well the concrete is engineered but looking at the house next door and the house next to that not all concrete is equal would prefer the one that did not use Polystyrene they spent time putting on good foundations with good steel.Had a good week last week for scoring some gear for free, several sheets of colorbond and 1.5 sheets of reinforcing mesh from across the road where they are building a new house, didn't know this but I was asking about the use of polystyrene under the cement, (just getting friendly so I could score the mesh) insurance companies will only insure a house built over the polystyrene for 7 years. I didn't know that.
So cute~Seedlings I planted coming through nicely, tomatoes all up, carrots coming up as well as peas and beans.
Seedlings
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A bit of a phenomenon a 3 leaved shoot, (beetroot) never seen one before.
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Just as rewarding as home brewing, be prepared to read heaps, biggest difference is if you stuff up the first time it is another year before you can have another crack.Just found this thread and I'm not surprised to find the cross-over. I'm going to be getting on the bandwagon as soon as the reno is finished; I'm keen to have good home-grown food to go with the good home-made beer. Seeing seedlings come to life is the same kind of exciting as seeing a brew start bubbling in earnest I think.
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