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Tag Archives: wood chips
A Litre Lost Every Ten Minutes
Mike has worked out that our water leak is resulting in the loss of a litre of water every ten minutes! As a result the water is off for most of the day and the plumber is looking to see … Continue reading
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Chipping Away at the Chips
Today I spent another few hours at the other house. The pile of wood chips is getting smaller. It was this… Then it became this…. Now there is even less. A couple of faithful gardeners (Talitha and her Dad) have … Continue reading
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We Found The Water Leak
Today has been a productive day, albeit a day that has at times had me ‘out of kilter’. Mike turned the municipal water off coming into the house last night to stop the leak. So we had no water, apart … Continue reading
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