What we are up to at our property……..
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That is already looking really stunning Ian.
I can just imagine what its going to be like come summer.
Will you plant any lotus in the pond or just go with reeds and stuff?
I can just imagine what its going to be like come summer.
Will you plant any lotus in the pond or just go with reeds and stuff?
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Yes, would like lotus in there too, probably in the lower pond, can get pretty wild in the upper one during extreme rain events.
My wife picked some watercress out of there today, shiitake near the pond, daikon and taro at one of the terraces, more persimmons.......like visiting a supermarket but without the checkout counter.
My wife picked some watercress out of there today, shiitake near the pond, daikon and taro at one of the terraces, more persimmons.......like visiting a supermarket but without the checkout counter.
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You could probably get wasabi growing just under the waterfall bit if you don't already have some.
Once it takes root, the torrents won't harm it and it will just pop up again after.
It is very pretty too.
Once it takes root, the torrents won't harm it and it will just pop up again after.
It is very pretty too.
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Honestly Ian every time I see what you are doing there it leaves me deeply impressed, it really is incredible the changes you've made to that land. I remember the pictures you posted on the other forum when you first bought the land and it's come a long way from that in such a short space of time.
The ponds are really looking good, all that rock work must have taken some serious effort but looks fantastic. The waterfall looks very well done and will get better and better and plantings around the ponds grow and establish.
Awesome man, totally awesome.
The ponds are really looking good, all that rock work must have taken some serious effort but looks fantastic. The waterfall looks very well done and will get better and better and plantings around the ponds grow and establish.
Awesome man, totally awesome.
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Thanks ZN - It is shaping up nicely and I enjoy the big changes and the little ones too e.g. saw the first small fish in the pond the other day. Nature in action.
Gonbechan - good idea on the wasabi. Thanks. We do have a lot of wasabi growing in self-watering planters. Want to put some of those around the pond in the future. Just waiting a little longer though, plan to raise the lower pond water level by around 20cm and see how that goes first.
Gonbechan - good idea on the wasabi. Thanks. We do have a lot of wasabi growing in self-watering planters. Want to put some of those around the pond in the future. Just waiting a little longer though, plan to raise the lower pond water level by around 20cm and see how that goes first.
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We will use them for e.g. garden edges / pathways.
Also, months before delivery we found we couldn’t get the 10t trucks (three) up to the property due to a tight bend in the public road, so first we had to unload the bricks at a location nearby, which took a while to find, then to smaller trucks i.e. one 8t and a 2t, with a forklift at both ends.
To make very good use of the 8t truck and forklift on the day, at the end we also loaded some hinoki logs to go to the sawmill. Will use the resulting cuts back on site.
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That's great Ian,
You've been waiting a long time to get these bricks and it's finally paid off. So do we finally get to see your brick laying machine in operation ?
That sounds like a really impressively well organised operation to get everything together and all in place at the right time. Way to go man
You've been waiting a long time to get these bricks and it's finally paid off. So do we finally get to see your brick laying machine in operation ?
That sounds like a really impressively well organised operation to get everything together and all in place at the right time. Way to go man
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ZN - Thanks.
For the next load of rocks I send you, please put that machine on the return barge.
We need to invite this guy over.
For the next load of rocks I send you, please put that machine on the return barge.
We need to invite this guy over.
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More firewood. Will clean up that terrace and plant fruit / nut trees this year. And the same at another terrace.
Found a rock during earthworks, now a place to sit during the warmer months.
Cut up hinoki and sugi yesterday, to go to the sawmill next month. Waiting on a carpenter friend to let us know the cut sizes he wants for a making a shelter at the pond.