Another job we outsourced to Brix and what a result. The 25 metres of planter boxes span the entire front of the house and really finish this aspect off. The team moved on to the boxes after completing the retaining wall and we couldn’t be any happier with them. Filling them was a little trickier, […]

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It’s hard to get very excited about retaining walls. But they’re an expensive necessity when you’re living on a steep slope, made up mainly of loose clay. This one was a job we couldn’t tackle ourselves so it was time for a call to the boys from Brix. Cue a week made up mostly of […]

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First problem to tackle is our ‘beloved’ water tanks. These would usually be underground but thanks to some rough and ready tradies ours are not, so the choices were cover them in soil or make a feature out of them. After some time on Pinterest, some time in the library and a lot of time […]

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It’s been over a year now since we moved in and the question of what to do with the two acres of land that surrounds us is pretty much all we think and talk about. Most weekends are dedicated to the topic and activity. If Shane’s not mowing the never ending ‘lawn’, we’re digging, shovelling, […]

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