Klasse Act
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What did you do today non-detailing related?
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I completed the second stage of this carpark garden reno today, which is nice to have it done and off my brain.
Like last week, I worked bay to bay cutting the old Hebe’s down to a stub and loading the material into the tray of the Ranger. I then dug down and lifted the stub and root system out of the ground, doing my best to avoid severing the irrigation line. Then, I raked out all of the leaves and debris that had accumulated. Because this section is longer and therefore had more plants, I had to make two trips to the tip, thankfully not far from this job.
After the cleanup, I then replanted with the same variety of Nandina’s that were used in the previous section, all measured for uniform spacing. I then made sure each plant had a dripper, going from three to two plants per section meant I had to reconfigure the layout. After a test run, thankfully I didn’t spear the feed line this week, but I did shear off a couple of drippers, but they needed to be plugged anyway.
I hadn’t planned on refreshing gravel mulch in this section, mainly because there was plenty of it left and already the larger aggregate. But my OCD prompted me to go ahead and do it anyway, mainly so it would uniformly match last week’s effort. Once again, 14mm pink north.
My return after finishing the job, this does my head in, tools scattered all over the place……………………..
Next up on this job, a HEAVY prune of the Magnolia 'Cleopatra' planted along the other side of the carpark. Magnolias have a reputation for being slow, and these certainly took time to establish. But once they have found their feet, this variety has proven extremely aggressive in bouncing back from a heavy prune. Again, I will time this job for a weekend to have full access of the carpark.
Like last week, I worked bay to bay cutting the old Hebe’s down to a stub and loading the material into the tray of the Ranger. I then dug down and lifted the stub and root system out of the ground, doing my best to avoid severing the irrigation line. Then, I raked out all of the leaves and debris that had accumulated. Because this section is longer and therefore had more plants, I had to make two trips to the tip, thankfully not far from this job.
After the cleanup, I then replanted with the same variety of Nandina’s that were used in the previous section, all measured for uniform spacing. I then made sure each plant had a dripper, going from three to two plants per section meant I had to reconfigure the layout. After a test run, thankfully I didn’t spear the feed line this week, but I did shear off a couple of drippers, but they needed to be plugged anyway.
I hadn’t planned on refreshing gravel mulch in this section, mainly because there was plenty of it left and already the larger aggregate. But my OCD prompted me to go ahead and do it anyway, mainly so it would uniformly match last week’s effort. Once again, 14mm pink north.
My return after finishing the job, this does my head in, tools scattered all over the place……………………..
Next up on this job, a HEAVY prune of the Magnolia 'Cleopatra' planted along the other side of the carpark. Magnolias have a reputation for being slow, and these certainly took time to establish. But once they have found their feet, this variety has proven extremely aggressive in bouncing back from a heavy prune. Again, I will time this job for a weekend to have full access of the carpark.
